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Vasculitis (Vasculitides) Summary

Description: Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.

Also Known As: Vasculitides; Angiitides; Angiitis

Networked: 8562 relevant articles (437 outcomes, 487 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Vasculitis

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) : 89 outcomes 121 studies in 1797 results : IBA
  2. Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) : 64 outcomes 24 studies in 260 results : FDA 10 Generic
  3. glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate (Vessel) : 45 outcomes 71 studies in 1880 results : IBA
  4. rituximab (Mabthera) : 37 outcomes 25 studies in 164 results : FDA 3
  5. Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids) : 33 outcomes 4 studies in 169 results : IBA
  6. Azathioprine (Imuran) : 19 outcomes 8 studies in 55 results : FDA 7 Generic
  7. Antigen-Antibody Complex (Immune Complex) : 14 outcomes 31 studies in 545 results : IBA
  8. Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (Tumor Necrosis Factor) : 14 outcomes 4 studies in 90 results : IBA
  9. Methotrexate (Mexate) : 13 outcomes 5 studies in 57 results : FDA 8 Generic
  10. Steroids : 12 outcomes 4 studies in 98 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Vasculitis

  1. Wegener Granulomatosis (Wegener's Granulomatosis)
  2. Infection
  3. Inflammation
  4. Glomerulonephritis
  5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Libman-Sacks Disease)
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Key Therapies for Vasculitis

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  1. Plasma Exchange : 12 outcomes 11 studies in 71 results
  2. Aftercare (After-Treatment) : 7 outcomes in 37 results
  3. Transplants (Transplant) : 6 outcomes 2 studies in 118 results
  4. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) : 6 outcomes in 63 results
  5. Plasmapheresis : 4 outcomes 4 studies in 45 results
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