Urticarial vasculitis (UV) is a small vessel vasculitis ... The patient is a 47-year-old male with a 6-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Misdiagnosing autoimmune diseases as psychiatric conditions can lead to long-term damage to patients' health and trust in ...

Melanie Sloan receives funding from LUPUS UK, The Lupus Trust, Vasculitis UK, and NIHR. She is an Associate Editor for ...

Frequent hives (chronic urticaria) are generally associated with the most common type, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Cytotoxic/immunosuppressive drugs are used for glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis, and other severe life-threatening manifestations of lupus. Newer biologic agents are now used, either off-label ...

A 'chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication' is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as ...

“Although B-cell depletion with rituximab has become a widely used therapy for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis, studies in systemic lupus and ...