Mary Beth Nierengarten | Issue: February 2013 |
How to select the correct testing method and interpret conflicting results from antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody tests
Sharon Chung, MD, MAS, discusses specific recommendations for the treatment and management of ANCA-associated vasculitis from the latest ACR Guideline.
Relapses are common, but difficult to predict and prevent.
Hydralazine has been in use as a treatment for hypertension, most notably in heart failure patients, since 1951.1 The drug is a known cause of autoimmune disease, most specifically hydralazine-induced lupus. Hydralazine-induced lupus occurs in 7–13% of those taking the medication.2-4 It often presents with constitutional symptoms, arthritis/arthralgias, cutaneous lesions, serositis, myalgias and/or hepatomegaly. Features…