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Case Report: Hydralazine-Induced ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

William J. Scheuing, MD, Nitasha Kumar, MD, William Davis, MD, & Robert Quinet, MD  |  Issue: February 2021  |  

William J. Scheuing, MDWilliam J. Scheuing, MD, is an internal medicine resident at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke.

Nitasha Kumar, MDNitasha Kumar, MD, is a rheumatologist with Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, in the Washington, D.C., area. She completed her rheumatology fellowship at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans.

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William Davis, MDWilliam Davis, MD, is the rheumatology department head and vice chair of education in the Department of Internal Medicine at Ochsner Health, New Orleans. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and an ACR Fellow. He is also an associate professor for the University of Queensland, Brisbane/Ochsner Clinical School.

Robert Quinet, MD, FACPRobert Quinet, MD, FACP, is the director of the Ochsner Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, and holds a clinical professorship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and a clinical assistant professorship at Tulane Medical Center, both in New Orleans. He is also an ACR Fellow.

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