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Renal function and ear, nose, throat involvement in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: prospective data from the European Vasculitis Society clinical trials.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2015
Rahmattulla Chinar, de Lind van Wijngaarden Robert A F, Berden Annelies E, Hauer Herbert A, Floßmann Oliver, Jayne David R W, Gaskin Gill, Rasmussen Niels, Noël Laure-Hélène, Ferrario Franco, Waldherr Rüdiger, Wolterbeek Ron, Göçeroğlu Arda, Pusey Charles D, Hagen E Christiaan, Bruijn Jan A, Bajema Ingeborg M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether ENT involvement is associated with renal biopsy findings and renal function in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS: Newly diagnosed AAV patients derived from three international, multicentre trials were included. To investigate an association between ENT involvement and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at diagnosis and 5-year follow-up, we...
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