ANCA-associated vasculitis with dual ANCA positivity in coexistence with mixed connective tissue disease.

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We here report a rare case of dual antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in a 38-year-old Japanese woman previously diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease. The patient was found to be positive for myeloperoxidase- and proteinase 3-ANCA, and was diagnosed with AAV following admission to hospital with fervescence, polyarthralgia, purpura, and asymmetric numbness of the...

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