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Cleveland Vasculitis Symposium a Success

May 1, 2013 News & Media, Uncategorized

Over 90 members of the vasculitis community including patients, family members, friends and physicians,  attended the 2013 Cleveland Vasculitis Symposium on Tuesday, April 30th. The 1/2 day symposium, hosted by the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, included presentations on vasculitis, neurological manifestations of the disease and ongoing research efforts.…...

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Surf-n-Santa 2010

December 15, 2010 News & Media

Surf-n-Santa 10 Miler a Success! On Dec. 3-4, 2010, friends, family and members of the Hampton Roads VF Chapter, manned the beer sales table at the Surf-n-Santa 10 Miler race in Virginia Beach, Virgina. Over 5,000 runners dressed as Santa, elves and other holiday characters ran in the race. As…...

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Jessica’s Story

February 20, 2007 Takayasu's Stories, Uncategorized, Vasculitis Stories

Jeanne and John are members of the Education Awareness Council representing Takayasu’s arteritis. Their daughter, Jessica, was only 14 months old when she began to have troubling symptoms that would later prove to be Takayasu’s arteritis. Jessica developed unexplainable high fevers, ear infections, and respiratory problems including asthma. She had tubes put in…...

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Andrew’s Story

February 14, 2007 CNSV Stories, Uncategorized, Vasculitis Stories

Andrew is a member of the Education Awareness Council and represents Central Nervous System vasculitis, which he was diagnosed with in 2001 at the age of 58.  During his working years, Andrew was president and co-owner of a small plastic molding company in Cleveland, Ohio. He is now retired and…...

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Ken’s Story

February 14, 2007 EGPA Stories, Vasculitis Stories

My name is Ken. I’m better now, but I spent 12 months battling Churg Strauss Syndrome. I’m telling my story below in the hope that it will be helpful to others going through the same thing. Of course, these are just my personal recollections, they are not intended in any…...

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