Eczema is a condition that causes patches of skin to become dry, inflamed, and irritated,” explains Joel Schlessinger, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Omaha, NE and RealSelf contributor. “It’s ...

Nearly all children with ANCA-associated vasculitis demonstrate active kidney disease at diagnosis, and their renal function ...

Background SLE is a systemic autoimmune disease with a large number of common risk gene variants, but several rare gene ...

The rashes are caused by inflammation from the immune system fighting the body. The standard treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus is using immunosuppressants and biologic drugs to reduce ...

Urticarial vasculitis represents 5% to 10% of cases of chronic urticaria, characterized histologically by the presence of vasculitis on skin biopsy. Clinically it tends to last longer than ...

Urticarial vasculitis is a rare form of vasculitis that manifests as recurrent wheal-like lesions lasting 24 hours or longer. 1,2 Close examination of the lesions reveals inflamed blood vessels as the ...

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients with autoimmune diseases including antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ADI-001, a ...

The research, published today in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) – which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide – and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...

The research, published today in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) – which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide – and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...

which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide – and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune disease called cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in up to 15% of cases, where antibodies attack ...