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      • Anti-GBM Disease
      • Aortitis
      • Behçet’s Syndrome
      • Central Nervous System Vasculitis
      • Cogan’s Syndrome
      • Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
      • Cutaneous Small-Vessel Vasculitis
      • Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
      • Giant Cell Arteritis
      • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
      • IgA Vasculitis
      • Kawasaki Disease
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      • Polyarteritis Nodosa
      • Polymyalgia Rheumatica
      • Rheumatoid Vasculitis
      • Takayasu Arteritis
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Mom’s Determined to Take Back Control Over Daughter’s Vasculitis

March 1, 2024

Blog “I remember the day Addy was diagnosed with Stage 4 Kidney Disease. At the time, I didn’t know what that meant. I thought it

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“I Had No Idea If I was Going to Live or Die” – Alex’s Teenage Journey with Vasculitis

January 2, 2024

Blog Meet Alex, from Fort Mitchell, KY, who’s living with GPA vasculitis: I was diagnosed in June 2018 when I was 16 years old and in

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“Will I Ever Feel Normal Again?” How Jenna Lea Faced High School and Vasculitis

July 21, 2023

Blog “It’s not often in life, especially so early in your life, that you have odd experiences,” Jenna Lea, a rising senior at North Carolina

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ALERT: Changes Coming to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Coverage

April 12, 2023

Blog Do you or a family member currently have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)? If so, you may need

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Meet Dr. Adam Mayer: Fellow Physician in Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology at UPenn

August 3, 2022

Blog Adam Mayer, MD, discovered his love for rheumatology in his first year of residency after having several meaningful and exciting patient cases with systemic

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First Pediatric Rheumatologist Awarded 2021 VCRC-VF Fellowship

October 6, 2021

Blog Jessica Bloom, MD, MSCS, has been awarded the 2021 Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Fellowship. Dr. Bloom is currently an Assistant Professor

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