Death Rate Still High in RA Vasculitis

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By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: May 04, 2012
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner

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• This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
• The incidence of systemic rheumatoid vasculitis has declined compared with the 1990s. However clinical features and outcome and mortality remain high.

GLASGOW -- The incidence of systemic rheumatoid vasculitis decreased in the era of modern immunosuppressive therapy, but mortality remains pronounced, a researcher reported here.