A retrospective review was performed of ANCA testing from 1993 to 1999 at Emory University Hospital. The majority of patients were evaluated for active renal disease or vasculitic syndromes. There ...

ANCAs are mainly IgG in nature. These are specific autoantibodies. Thus they are antibodies produced by the immune system that mistakenly target the individual’s own proteins. They are directed ...

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs), such as those directed towards proteinase 3 (PR3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), are associated with a distinct form of small-vessel vasculitis, known as ...

Higher relapse rates were associated with c-ANCA/PR3 positivity and granulomatosis with polyangiitis phenotype. In a retrospective study of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic (ANCA)-associated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are linked to an increased prevalence of interstitial lung disease and ...