Abstract Discusses the Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), a rare systemic vasculitis which
comprise of asthma, allergic rhinitis, pulmonary and systemic small-vessel vasculitis and …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence and clinical features of adults with hypersensitivity
vasculitis (HV) and Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) in a well-defined population …

Vasculitis is a general term that refers to seg-mental, angiocentric inflammation and damage
to the blood vessel walls. 1 This term does not specify the type of inflammation, nor the size …

Bone loss due to corticosteroid treatment differs from that of postmenopausal osteoporosis
with regard to bone structure. Corticosteroids affect both horizontal and vertical trabeculae …

A 9-year-old Haitian girl presented initially with monocular blindness and an isolated
temporal arteritis, confirmed by angiographic studies and temporal artery biopsy findings. CT …

Vasculitis is defined as segmental angiocentric, leukocytoclastic (and/or lymphomonocytic)
inflammation and fibrinoid necrosis of blood vessels. 1–4 Involvement of arteries and …

Vasculitis refers to an inflammatory reaction that leads to destruction of blood vessels. 1 The
process may lead to disruption of small vessels with extravasation of erythrocytes, serum …

Heating sera is used to inactivate complement but may affect the binding characteristics of
autoantibodies. We studied the effect of heating sera from patients with systemic vasculitides …

In spite of substantial efforts by many investigators, classification of systemic vasculitis
remains difficult (table 1). In 1990 the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed …

To the Editor: The recent paper by Rao and colleagues (1) on the weakness of the American
College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for diagnosis of the different types of …