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Abstract Number: 2944 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Muscle Biopsies for the Diagnosis of Systemic Vasculitis in a Rheumatology Service
Samantha Rodriguez-Muguruza^1,2, Juana Sanint³, Xavier Saenz-Sarda⁴, Agueda Prior², Yaiza Garcia⁵, Maria Lourdes Mateo⁶, Susana Holgado⁶, Jeronima Cañellas², Melania Martínez-Morillo⁷, Xavier Tena⁶ and Alejandro Olivé¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁴Anathomy Pathology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Systemic vasculitis comprises a group of diseases characterized by non-infectious inflammation of vessels in various organs. Histopathological confirmation of systemic vasculitis is required for…
Abstract Number: 2945 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Review: “Efficacy and Safety of Biological Versus Immunosuppressive Therapy Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Uveitis Associated with BehçEt’s Disease.”
Ana Urruticoechea-Arana¹, Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez², Virginia Villaverde García³, Montserrat Santos-Gómez⁴, Kelly Vargas Osorio⁵, Federico Díaz-González⁶, Leslie Fariñas Padrón⁵, Vanesa Calvo-Río⁷ and Ricardo Blanco Alonso⁷, ¹Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ⁵Family and Community Medicine, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, S/C Tenerife, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose:
Abstract Number: 2946 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Large Scale Genetic Analysis in BehçEt Disease. Identification of Residues Associated in the HLA Class I Region and New Susceptibility Loci
Lourdes Ortiz Fernández¹, Francisco David Carmona², Marco Antonio Montes Cano³, José Raúl García Lozano³, Marta Conde Jaldón⁴, Norberto Ortego Centeno⁵, María Jesús Castillo Palma⁶, Gerard Espinosa⁷, Genaro Graña Gil⁸, Juan Sánchez Bursón Sr.⁹, María Rosa Juliá¹⁰, Roser Solans¹¹, Ricardo Blanco Alonso¹², Ana Celia Barnosi Marín¹³, Ricardo Gómez de la Torre¹⁴, Patricia Fanlo Mateo¹⁵, Mónica Rodriguez Carballeira¹⁶, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez¹⁷, Teresa Camps¹⁸, Santos Castañeda¹⁹, Juanjo J Alegre Sancho²⁰, Javier Martín² and María Francisca Gonzalez Escribano²¹, ¹Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, Granada, Spain, ²Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, PTS-Granada, Granada, Spain, ³Departament of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (IBiS,CSIC,US), Sevilla, Spain, ⁴Immunology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁵Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁷Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruna, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Hospital de Valme., Sevilla, Spain, ¹⁰8Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹¹Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas, Almeria, Spain, ¹⁴Departament of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, ¹⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain, ¹⁶Departament of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrasa, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁸Departament of Internal Medicine, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Hospital de la Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (IBiS,CSIC,US), Sevilla, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet’s disease (BD) is a complex immune-mediated vasculitis which aetiology remains unknown although some evidences suggest that certain infectious agents and environmental factors may…
Abstract Number: 2947 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adalimumab Versus Infliximab in Cystoid Macular Edema of Uveitis Associated to BehçEt Disease. Multicenter Study of 34 Patients
Lucia Cristina Domínguez-Casas¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Ricardo Blanco², Carlos Fernández-Díaz¹, Paz Rodríguez-Cundín³, Emma Beltran⁴, Marisa Hernández-Garfella⁵, Jose M Herreras⁶, Miguel Cordero-Coma⁷, Marina Mesquida⁸, Alfredo Adan⁹, M. Victoria Hernández¹⁰, David Diaz-Valle¹¹, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹², Manuel Díaz-Llopis¹³, Roberto Gallego¹⁴, Olga Maiz-Alonso¹⁵, Santos Insua¹⁶, Félix Francisco¹⁷, Raquel Almodóvar González¹⁸, Oscar Ruiz Moreno¹⁹, Fernando Jiménez-Zorzo²⁰, Javier Manero²¹, Myriam Gandía²², Joan Miquel Nolla²³, Nuria Vegas-Revenga²⁴, Natalia Palmou-Fontana¹ and Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Ophtamology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario, IOBA, Valladolid, Spain, ⁷Ophthalmology, Hospital de León, León, Spain, ⁸Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona,, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹³Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁴Ophtalmology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Doctor Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Ophthalmology and Rheumatology., Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ²⁰Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ²¹Rheumatology, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²³Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Cystoid macular edema (CME) is the most serious complication of uveitis and the most common cause of blindness in uveitis. Our aim was…
Abstract Number: 2948 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fecal Calprotectin Level Is Useful in Identifying Active Disease in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients with Gastrointestinal Involvement: A Controlled Study
Sinem Nihal Esatoglu¹, Ibrahim Hatemi², Yesim Ozguler³, Gulen Hatemi³, Hafize Uzun⁴, Aykut Ferhat Celik⁵ and Hasan Yazici³, ¹Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Biochemistry, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The fecal calprotectin (FC) is widely used as a non-invasive method for identifying patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis. Gastrointestinal involvement…
Abstract Number: 2949 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Surgical Method for Aortic Root Involvement of Behcet Disease
Byeongzu Ghang¹, Suk Jung Choo², Oh Chan Kwon³, Seokchan Hong⁴, Yong-Gil Kim⁵, Chang-Keun Lee⁵ and Bin Yoo⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Univerisy of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Aortic regurgitation (AR) in Behcet disease is a rare but very fatal condition. Many patients require a second or third operation after simple aortic…
Abstract Number: 2950 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cogan Syndrome: Treatment and Outcome from French Nationwide Retrospective Study and Literature Review of 62 Patients
CHARLOTTE DURTETTE¹, Mathieu Resche Regon², eric hachulla³, anne Graslands⁴, Thomas Papo^5,6, Jacques Pouchot⁷, jean Emmanuel kahn⁸, Thierry Zenone⁹, cedric landron¹⁰, benoit de Wazieres¹¹, Robin Dhote¹², Christophe Deligny¹³, Guillaume Gondran¹⁴, Edouard Pertuiset¹⁵, thomas quemeneur¹⁶, Bertrand Lioger¹⁷, Pascal Sève¹⁸, Christian Lavigne¹⁹, thomas le Galllou²⁰, Mohamed Hamidou²¹, claire delaunay²², Olivier Fain²³ and Arsene Mekinian²⁴, ¹SAINT ANTOINE HOSPITAL, PARIS, France, ²biostatistics Saint Louis Hospital, paris, France, ³chru lille hospital, lille, France, ⁴Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, colombes, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, AP-HP Bichat Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France, ⁷Paris University, Internal medicine, Paris, France, ⁸foch hospital, foch, France, ⁹Internal Medicine, Valence Hospital, Valence, France, ¹⁰service de médecine interne, CH Poitiers, CHU Poitiers, poitiers, France, ¹¹CHU de Nîmes, nimes, France, ¹²Internal Medicine, Hospital Avicenne, Bobigny, France, ¹³Zobda Quitman Hospital, Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Fort de France, Martinique, ¹⁴Internal Medicine Department, Limoges, France, ¹⁵CH René Dubos, Pontoise, France, ¹⁶valenciennes hospital, valenciennes, France, ¹⁷INTERNAL MEDICINE, tours, France, ¹⁸Internal medicine, Internal medicine department, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, ¹⁹CHU Angers, department of Internal Medicine, Angers, France, ²⁰rennes CHU hospital, rennes, France, ²¹Internal Medicine Department, Internal Medicine Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²²Centre hospitalier niort, niort, France, ²³Service de médecine interne. Hôpital Saint-Antoine., Paris, France, ²⁴DHU2iB, Internal Medicine Saint Antoine Hospital, PARIS, France
Background/Purpose: Methods: Sixty two patients were included with median age 37 [2-76] and 31/62 (50%) women. At the diagnosis, 61 (98%) had audiovestibular involvement,…
Abstract Number: 2951 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Outcomes in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System
Elisabeth Ray¹, Didem Saygin², Anabelle Morales-Mena³, William Messner⁴, Leonard H. Calabrese⁵ and Rula A Hajj-Ali⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Rheumatology, Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights, OH, ⁴Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Results: 1855 patient records were identified using the ICD-9 code for cerebral angiitis. 78 patients met inclusion criteria, of which 27 responded to the questionnaires…
Abstract Number: 2952 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differentiation Between Neurosarcoidosis and Primary CNS Vasculitis Based on Clinical and Cerebrospinal Fluid Parameters
Didem Saygin¹, Leonard H. Calabrese², Elisabeth Ray¹, William Messner³, Jinny Tavee⁴ and Rula A Hajj-Ali⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Neuromuscular diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Neurosarcoidosis is one of the great mimickers of primary angiitis of central nervous system (PACNS) in terms of disease presentation, imaging and pathologic findings.…
Abstract Number: 2953 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Patient Outcomes in Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Elisabeth Ray¹, Didem Saygin¹, Seby John², William Messner³, Ken Uchino⁴, Leonard H. Calabrese⁵ and Rula A Hajj-Ali⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Cerebrovascular Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) is an important mimic of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS). Distinct clinical and diagnostic features differentiate…
Abstract Number: 2954 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-IL6-R Tocilizumab in Refractory Uveitis Associated with BehçEt’s Disease. Multicenter Study of 11 Patients
Lucia C. Domínguez-Casas¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Ricardo Blanco¹, Emma Beltran², L. Martinez-Costa³, Elia Valls-Pascual⁴, Marisa Hernández-Garfella⁵, Antonio Atanes⁶, Miguel Cordero-Coma⁷, Joan Miquel Nolla⁸, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero⁹, Javier Loricera¹, MC Gonzalez-Vela¹⁰, Nuria Vegas-Revenga¹¹, Carlos Fernández-Díaz¹, Natalia Palmou-Fontana¹ and Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ³Hospital Dr. Peset., Valencia, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Dr. Peset., Valencia, Spain, ⁵Ophtamology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruna, Spain, ⁷Ophthalmology, Hospital de León, León, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Complejo Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain, ¹⁰Pathology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Treatment recommended in severe and/or refractory uveitis of Behçet disease is anti-TNFα therapy, usually infliximab (IFX) or adalimumab (ADA) (Levy-Clarke et al Ophthalmology…
Abstract Number: 2955 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biologic Therapy in Severe Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK). Multicenter Study of 27 Patients
Lucia C. Domínguez-Casas¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Olga Maiz², Ana Blanco³, Emma Beltran⁴, L. Martinez-Costa⁵, Maria Concepcion Alvarez de Buergo⁶, Esteban Rubio-Romero⁷, David Diaz-Valle⁸, R. López-González⁹, Angel M. Garcia-Aparicio¹⁰, Antonio Juan Mas¹¹, Natalia Palmou-Fontana¹, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay¹ and Ricardo Blanco¹², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Donostia, Donostia, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ⁵Hospital Dr. Peset., Valencia, Spain, ⁶Hosp. Rio Carrion, Palencia, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department,, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ⁸Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Rheumatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Zamora, Zamora, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Son Llàtzer., Palma de Mallorca., Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (PUK) is a severe inflammation of the outer portions of the cornea that may be associated with systemic conditions. The…
Abstract Number: 2956 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimization of Thiopurines with a Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor in Patients with Autoimmune Systemic Diseases
Mériem Belhocine¹, Aurélie Chapdelaine¹, Maxime Doré², Yves Troyanov³ and Anne-Marie Mansour¹, ¹medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Pharmacy, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Thiopurines are a mainstay for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. However, in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), 14-18 % of patients manifest a skewed metabolism…
Abstract Number: 2957 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis Associated with Lymphomas
Carlo Salvarani¹, Robert D. Brown Jr.², Teresa J. H. Christianson³, Caterina Giannini⁴, John Huston III⁵, Stephen M Ansell⁶ and Gene G. Hunder⁷, ¹Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Division of Biomedical Statistics & Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The occurrence of lymphoma, especially Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), in patients with primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV) has been reported but is considered uncommon. The…
Abstract Number: 2958 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis (HUV) Syndrome in Two Geographically Defined Populations of Sweden
Christopher Sjöwall¹, Thomas Mandl² and Aladdin Mohammad^3,4, ¹Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Rheumatology, Malmö, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Since first described by McDuffie et al. in 1973, hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis (HUV) syndrome has been recognized as a specific autoimmune disorder involving at…

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