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In microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), renal manifestations are very common as first symptoms. Here, we report a case of MPA which presented liver dysfunction prior to noted renal manifestations. A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized because of a fever for 8 weeks. A laboratory examination revealed
A solid phase radioimmunoassay has been developed to detect circulating autoantibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens in systemic vasculitis. After fractionation of these antigens by size, with gel filtration high performance liquid chromatography, sera from patients with clinically different
OBJECTIVE
To study the expression of cell adhesion molecules in the renal biopsy specimens of patients with systemic vasculitis and Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP); to correlate this with the severity of glomerular inflammation.
METHODS
Renal biopsy specimens obtained from eight patients with
The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence, the clinical course and outcome of liver involvement and autoimmune hepatic diseases in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). Liver function tests (LFT) (i.e. aspartate and alanine
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is an autoimmune disease characterized by necrotizing small vessel vasculitis that can affect various organs and present multiple symptoms. Susceptibility to AAV is multifactorial and most likely caused by an amalgamation