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The term vasculitis refers to inflammation directed at blood vessels of any size, which leads to destruction of the vessel wall. Vasculitis represent a heterogeneous group of conditions with varied pathogenesis, clinical presentation and histopathologic features.
We are a group of worldwide rheumatologists pediatricians specialized in
Vasculitis and Kawasaki disease.
WG Leader
WG Science communication officer
Vice WG Leader
WG Repository officer
CliPS & WG Grant awarding officer
WG Registry officer
You are interested in CliPS ?
You can get involved at 2 different levels :
Answer our questionnaires
Share your experience through the CliPS questionnaire.
We have 5 questionnaires, each of them treats a different medical condition :
Lupus Nephritis
Kawasaki and IgA Vasculitis
sJIA
PFAPA/SURF
Biologics in monogenic auto inflammatory disease
Join our Working Groups
The CliPS project receives COST European funding for all networking and dissemination activities for the next 4 years.
Join one of our Working Groups (for 1 of the 5 medical conditions) and get involved in:
The data analysis process,
The creation of the repository and
In the dissemination of the project