Background Current standard therapy for Wegener's granulomatosis and microscopic
polyangiitis combines corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide to induce remission, followed by a …

… J Narvaez et al., in a retrospective study including mainly cases with pure PMR (85 PMR …
Ledo P, Llorca J. Epidemiology of biopsy proven giant cell arteritis in northwestern Spain: …

Infectious complications currently account for 80% of deaths from acute pancreatitis. The aim
of this study was to evaluate the necessity for prophylactic antibiotics in patients with severe …

We conducted the current study to investigate the clinical, laboratory, and histologic features
at presentation and the outcome of renal sarcoidosis (RS). Exhaustive retrospective data …

Background Haematological manifestations in sarcoidosis are uncommon. The prevalence
of thrombocytopenia in sarcoidosis is not well assessed. Aim

Twenty-five patients with good-prognosis polyarteritis nodosa or Churg-Strauss syndrome
entered a prospective, randomized, multicentre study comparing two treatments: either oral …

Objective Findings from the WEGENT trial and other short‐term studies have suggested that
azathioprine (AZA) or methotrexate (MTX) could effectively maintain remission of …

The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent interstitial lung disease (ILD)
in common variable immunodeficiency disorder (CVID)-associated granulomatous disease (…

Infectious complications are common in patient with multiple myeloma. However, Paecilomyces
variotii, a common saprophytic fungus, rarely causes human infection. We report the first …

Background: Permanent visual loss (PVL) is the most feared complication of giant cell arteritis
(GCA), and its risk factors are still unclear. Objectives: The aim of our study was to assess …