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Genetics of ANCA-associated vasculitis in Japan: a role for HLA-DRB1*09:01 haplotype.
Clinical and experimental nephrology - 1 Oct 2013
Tsuchiya Naoyuki
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiology of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is considerably different between European and Asian populations. Whereas granulomatosis with polyangiitis is the most common form of AAV in northern European populations, microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) accounts for the majority of AAV in Japan. This difference may at least in part derive from the difference in genetic...
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