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      • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
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GPA Patient’s Advice for Others Facing a Similar Diagnosis: Remain Positive—You Can Beat This

February 23, 2023

Blog In late summer of 1992, Dan Prozialeck began experiencing chronic congestion, coughing and sinus infections, throat pain, and excruciating joint pain. He had been

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Steroids and Snow Peas: A Tale of Victory Over Vasculitis

February 17, 2023

Blog “How in God’s Green Earth can YOU be so chipper?” queried a fellow shopper after I assaulted her cerebellum with my litany of GPA/Autoimmune/

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New Kawasaki Disease Guideline Released by American College of Rheumatology and Vasculitis Foundation

March 24, 2022

Blog Newswise — ATLANTA — The American College of Rheumatology (ACR), in partnership with the Vasculitis Foundation (VF), released a new guideline for the management of Kawasaki

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VF Awards Research Grant to Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Physician at OSU

June 10, 2021

Blog Lynn A. Fussner, MD, Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University (OSU), Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, has been awarded a

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Virginia Physician Receives Honorable Mention in the Vasculitis Foundation’s 2021 V-RED Award Program

June 5, 2021

Blog (May 2021) Alison Whitman, MD, has received an honorable mention in the Vasculitis Foundation’s (VFs) 2021 Recognizing Excellence in Diagnostics (V-RED) award program. Now

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