Methods
The pieces of literature used for study was obtained through a thorough search. The following databases were used for obtaining relevant articles:
MEDLINE/PubMed
Google Scholar
The Keywords used for the search on PubMed was ‘VEXAS’. Owing to the very recent discovery of the disease, the search resulted in 5 results at the time of drafting the piece. 4 of these were selected for the degree of relevancy; these have been included in the citations section as (1), (3), (4), (5). Citation (2), was obtained from Google Scholar, with a search using the same keyword.
We acknowledge that the number of research articles available to us were limited owing to the very recent discovery of the disease.
Since the number of research articles available were limited, we did not choose to filter our search with MeSH terms.
The articles were chosen on the basis of specific factors –
For the drafting of this literature review, we have utilized – 1 Original Study (Paper), 1 Editorial Piece, 1 Letter, 1 Non Systematic Literature Review, and 1 Case Report. This represents the breadth of articles selected to gather as much perspective as possible about the disease.
The articles were then scrutinized for relevance, initially by abstract, and then by thorough analysis and interpretation. We have limited our search to the articles published in English language only.