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APS: What Rheumatologists Should Know about Hughes Syndrome The problem that dogs the work of all of those treating patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is the apparent lack of knowledge…

Primary CNS Vasculitis in Children Primary angiitis of the central nervous system in children, which encompasses a spectrum of progressive and nonprogressive large- and small-vessel inflammatory brain diseases, has been…

Kawasaki Disease: High- or Low-Dose Aspirin? Which approach is best in preventing coronary artery abnormalities in children with Kawasaki disease? medscape.com AHA Scientific Statement on Kawasaki Disease - American College…

Cryoglobulinemia emedicine.medscape.com Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis amjmed.com Long-term effects of the new direct antiviral agents (DAAs) therapy for HCV-related mixed cryoglobulinaemia: a multicentre open-label study ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The association between genetic variation in interleukin-10 gene and susceptibility to Henoch-Schönlein purpura in Chinese children docguide.com Rituximab for the Treatment of Adult‐Onset IgA Vasculitis (Henoch‐Schönlein) Arthritis & Rheumatology Volume…

Behçet syndrome: a contemporary view In this Review, the authors discuss the emerging evidence of the aetiology of Behçet's. They argue that geographical variation in prevalence, variation in disease expression…

Necroptosis Drives Netosis and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis PNAS reports that ANCA induced neutrophil… rheumnow.com Position paper: Revised 2017 international consensus on testing of ANCAs in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis…

Use of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica—A prospective study of 99 patients academic.oup.com Imaging Changes Examined in Tocilizumab-Treated Polymyalgia Rheumatica MRI and ultrasound scans…

Vasculitis syndromes: Tocilizumab — a new frontier for GCA therapy An unmet need exists for effective glucocorticoid-sparing agents for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Tocilizumab, the first intervention…

Vasculitis: Takayasu Arteritis book017Clinical Decision Support: Rheumatology - 2nd EditionLangfordCarolDecision Support in MedicineCopyright #x00A9; 2017, 2014 Decision Sup rheumatologyadvisor.com Childhood Takayasu arteritis: disease course and response to therapy Takayasu arteritis…