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Inflammatory Diseases of Blood Vessels, 840 pp, New York, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001 ($225.00). This book is divided into three major sections: 1) scientific basis for health and disease; 2) primary ...

Vasculitis causes your blood vessels to narrow, which can cut off blood supply to your tissues and organs. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Vasculitis, also called angiitis or arteritis, is an ...

Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

Rituximab and cyclophosphamide are equally effective in achieving remission or low disease activity rates in childhood-onset antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis (AAV), and those ...

A variety of retinal signs can occur in patients who have systemic vasculitides, or who experience complications of these diseases or their treatment. Although treatment of these retinal ...

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 ...

When vasculitis affects the skin, it can cause red or purple spots to develop. It may also cause ulcers or blisters. A vasculitis rash can become painful or itchy. Vasculitis is an inflammation and ...

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is characterized by inflammation directed at small blood vessels in the skin. The process is mediated by neutrophils. Histologically, leukocytoclasis (i.e., destruction of ...