How do you approach treatment of vasculitis in a sickle cell disease patient?
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Rheumatology · Birmingham VA Medical Center
Will highly depend on the vasculitis type and the acuity of the situation. For ANCA vasculitis, approaches based on rituximab and low glucocorticoid doses might be attractive (granted not severe disease, e.g. RPGN, DAH which should require pulse glucocorticoids).
For large vessel vasculitis, a si...