Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides

JC Jennette, RJ Falk, K Andrassy… - … : Official Journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of substantial efforts by many investigators as well as numerous publications on the
subject, the nomenclature of the systemic vasculitides remains enigmatic. A major problem is …

Small-vessel vasculitis

JC Jennette, RJ Falk - New England Journal of Medicine, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Vasculitis is inflammation of vessel walls. It has many causes, although they result in only a
few histologic patterns of vascular inflammation. Vessels of any type in any organ can be …

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

VD D'Agati, FJ Kaskel, RJ Falk - New England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, which is characterized by progressive glomerular
scarring, accounts for about 20% of cases of the nephrotic syndrome in children and 40% in …

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for myeloperoxidase in patients with systemic vasculitis and idiopathic necrotizing and crescentic …

RJ Falk, JC Jennette - New England Journal of Medicine, 1988 - Mass Medical Soc
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies have been found in patients with systemic
arteritis and glomerulonephritis. We studied the disease distribution and antigen specificity of …

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies induce neutrophils to degranulate and produce oxygen radicals in vitro.

RJ Falk, RS Terrell, LA Charles… - Proceedings of the …, 1990 - National Acad Sciences
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) are in the circulation of most patients with
pauci-immune necrotizing vasculitis and pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis. The …

[HTML][HTML] Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies specific for myeloperoxidase cause glomerulonephritis and vasculitis in mice

…, M Zhao, Y Aratani, N Maeda, RJ Falk… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs) are identified in the circulation of
approximately 80% of patients with pauci-immune necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis …

International consensus statement on testing and reporting of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

…, E Benson, D Davies, V Esnault, RJ Falk… - American journal of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) tests are used to diagnose and monitor inflammatory
activity in the primary systemic small vessel vasculitides. ANCA is best demonstrated …

Alternative complement pathway in the pathogenesis of disease mediated by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies

H Xiao, A Schreiber, P Heeringa, RJ Falk… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Clinical and experimental data indicate that anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs)
cause glomerulonephritis and vasculitis. Here we report the first evidence that …

Eye movements are functional during face learning

JM Henderson, CC Williams, RJ Falk - Memory & cognition, 2005 - Springer
In a free viewing learning condition, participants were allowed to move their eyes naturally
as they learned a set of new faces. In a restricted viewing learning condition, participants …

Predictors of relapse and treatment resistance in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated small-vessel vasculitis

SL Hogan, RJ Falk, H Chin, J Cai… - Annals of internal …, 2005 - acpjournals.org
Falk and Nachman determined the outcomes, which included treatment resistance, remission
while receiving therapy, remission without therapy, relapse, and end-stage kidney disease …