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Relapse and Treatment Resistance in Patients with Small-Vessel Vasculitis
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Vasculitis is blood vessel inflammation that develops when the immune system attacks the body. Inflamed blood vessels can decrease blood flow or cause small ruptures and bleeding into tissues. Several types of vasculitis primarily affect smaller blood vessels. Many of these types are associated with a kind of antibody called antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA). The condition commonly referred to …
