The University of North Carolina at Chappel Hill 

Expertise in Vasculitis - a group of diseases

• Vasculitis is a family of of rare auto-immune diseases in which the immune system damages the inner wall of our blood vessels.
• The individual diseases within this family are usually classified according to the size of the  blood vessels affected. This classification is named the Chapell Hill classification since it was first defined during a meeting at the university of North-Carolina at Chapel Hill , USA.
• Most patient support groups  and health care providers  focus on the entire vasculitis family of vasculitides (plural for vasculitis). Sometimes however they have an specific expertise with respect to a particular subcategory. This page gives you an overview of European organizations focusing on the entire family of vasculitides.​

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​Vasculitis in general
​Patient Support Groups

BEL - Belgium
- CIB - Liga
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FIN -Finland
- Suomen Vaskuliittiyhdistys ry

FRA - France
- Association France Vascularite

​GBR - United Kingdom
- Vasculitis UK
- Lauren Curry Twilight Foundation

​GRC - Greece
- Hellenic society against rheumatism (ELEANA)

IRL Ireland
- VIA Vasculitis Ireland Awareness

NLD - Netherlands
​- Vasculitis Stichting

​Vasculitis in general
Hospitals

BEL - Belgium
- UZ Leuven

GRC - Greece
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
School of Medicine

​NLD - Netherlands
​- AMC Amsterdam - vasculitis center of expertise
- UMC Groningen -  vasculitis centre of expertise
- UMC Maastricht -  vasculitis centre of expertise
- UMC Utrecht      -   vasculitis centre of expertise
- UMC Leiden       -   vasculitis centre of expertise

​IRL Ireland
A lot of expertise in Ireland is united in VINE:
the Vasculitis Ireland Network.  

Vasculitis in general
Forums

EUR - RareConnect - Vasculitis

FIN - Finland
- Facebook: Vaskuliitti

​GBR - United Kingdom
- Health Unlocked- by vasculitis UK
- Facebook: The Lauren Curry Twilight Foundation

Vasculitis - Other Expertise

EUR - EUROPE 
- EUVAS European Vasculitis Society
An open collaboration of physicians interested in research and education in vasculitis.
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FRA - France
- GFEV Groupe Francais Etude Vascularites
​Les ateliers d'éducation thérapeutique pour les patients atteints de vascularite ont débuté

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