Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation of the blood vessels in the skin that occurs in up to 70% of patients with lupus erythematosus (LE). The inflammation affects the smaller ...

Dr Maame Boatemaa Amissah-Arthur, Consultant Rheumatologist, Nuffield Clinic says early diagnosis of Lupus disease is key in ...

Current treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis include toxic immunosuppressive agents such as cyclophosphamide ...

Lupus vasculitis can cause narrowing of blood vessels and reduced ... Meanwhile medications used in the treatment of lupus--such as prednisone, anticonvulsants, antacids containing aluminum, and ...

The following is a summary of “2024 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guideline for the Screening, Treatment, and ...

Cortisone/corticosteroids were introduced for the treatment of lupus in the middle ... drugs are used for glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis, and other severe life-threatening manifestations of ...

Conventional lupus nephritis (LN) treatment based on cyclophosphamide, steroids and, recently, mycophenolatemofetil has improved the outcome of the disease over the last 50 years, although failure ...

In the largest study to date of 71 patients with refractory or relapsing ANCA-associated vasculitis, 65% achieved clinical remission with alemtuzumab treatment and a further 20% of patients had a ...