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Epidemiology of vasculitides: differences between Japan, Europe and North America.
Clinical and experimental nephrology - 1 Oct 2013
Kobayashi Shigeto, Fujimoto Shouichi
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiology of systemic vasculitides differs between Japan, Europe and North America. Takayasu's arteritis occurs frequently in Japan, unlike giant cell arteritis. A collaborative international study comparing the epidemiology of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis between Japan and the United Kingdom (UK) demonstrated that microscopic polyangiitis and myeloperoxidase-ANCA were...
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