Vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels — the tubes that carry blood throughout your body. Inflammation happens when your immune system attacks healthy tissue by mistake. When blood vessels ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Kathleen McKinnon about lupus and increased cardiovascular risk.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here. Patients with nephritic ...

Managing Cutaneous Vasculitis in a Patient With Lupus Erythematosus Richard L. Pullen Disclosures Dermatology Nursing. 2007;19 (1):21-26. 0 ...

The recommendations advise on managing cardiovascular health in patients with gout, vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, myositis, Sjögren syndrome, lupus, antiphospholipid syndrome, and other diseases.

Vasculitis Caused By Lupus In these cases, the antigens causing the immune complexes are often not known. In some cases, the complexes contain DNA and anti-DNA antigens, or Ro (also called SS-A ...

Biglione B, Zhong C, Iriarte C, Cucka B, Hoang MP, Kroshinsky D. Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis as the presenting sign of systemic lupus erythematosus. Am J Med. Published online December 7 ...

His clinical interests include: general dermatology, complex medical dermatology, blistering diseases, dermatomyositis, cutaneous lupus, vasculitis, and complex ulcers. Dr. Hopkins is an active ...