Deadly Vasculitides and Reversed Racial/Ethnic Disparity?

Deadly Vasculitides and Reversed Racial/Ethnic Disparity?: Steinberg and colleagues report high but slowly declining U.S. mortality trends in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody–associated vasculitides. The editorialist discusses the findings and why he believes that the apparently better outcomes observed in typically disadvantaged patient groups may hold clues to structural causes of health disparities.