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Lung involvement at presentation predicts disease activity and permanent organ damage at 6, 12 and 24 months follow - up in ANCA - associated vasculitis.
BMC immunology - 27 May 2014
Hassan Tidi M, Hassan Astrid S, Igoe Ann, Logan Mark, Gunaratnam Cedric, McElvaney Noel G, O'Neill Shane J
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BACKGROUND: Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) may present with pulmonary involvement ranging from mild to life-threatening disease such as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. There is a paucity of information regarding morbidity outcomes for AAV subjects presenting with lung involvement. This study determines the relationship between disease activity and damage in these subjects...
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