The results showed that PB BAL offered deeper alveolar sampling while avoiding contamination from the larger airways. It also revealed incremental changes in the small airways and alveoli, aiding in ...

In addition to reduced RBC transfusion requirements, hemolysis markers significantly improved with the combined therapy. Results from a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of dose-escalated ...

A patient with PLA2R-positive membranous nephropathy later developed IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis and renal masses, which resolved with glucocorticoid therapy. Glucocorticoid therapy ...

The results correct a misconception in the ACR/EULAR criteria for IgG4-RD that list hypocomplementemia as a feature limited to patients with renal involvement. A new study has found that ...

Differentiating POEMS syndrome from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is important because both have similar demyelinating features but require different treatments.

KB-208 demonstrated comparable efficacy to intravenous immunoglobulin for treating immune thrombocytopenia in 3 mouse strains, with significantly lower dosing requirements. KB-208, a small molecule ...

Understanding the DSP patterns may aid in determining responses to treatments that target demyelinating neuropathies like CIDP. Statistical tools could help predict axonal loss that leads to distal ...

Eculizumab was started between 35 and 61 days following the onset of the NMOSD attack and partially reduced the symptoms of all 5 patients. Eculizumab treatment may reduce the symptoms of ...

Early diagnosis is vital in AAV with interstitial lung disease so that treatment can begin as soon as possible. Patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) ...

Are the out-of-pocket costs of your medications taking a toll on your finances? Rising drug costs are happening to many people with neurological diseases, but people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ...

The current GWAS represents the largest genetic study of MG to date, tripling the sample size of prior studies and encompassing all published genotyped samples of European ancestry. Genome-wide ...

When I’m out in public, whether it be a doctor’s office or a clothing store, I usually have to deal with people ogling my scooter. I understand that I look a little different and that the way I have ...