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Difference in relapse-rate and clinical phenotype by autoantibody-subtype in Japanese patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Jan 2017
Murosaki Takamasa, Sato Takeo, Akiyama Yoichiro, Nagatani Katsuya, Minota Seiji
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To correlate the serotype specificity to myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase-3 (PR3) with clinical characteristics in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with AAV in our division from 2005 to 2014 were retrospectively compared on the basis of ANCA subtype. RESULTS: We collected the data from 88 patients...
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