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Exploratory classification of clinical phenotypes in Japanese patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis using cluster analysis.
Scientific reports - 4 Mar 2021
Watanabe Haruki, Sada Ken-Ei, Harigai Masayoshi, Amano Koichi, Dobashi Hiroaki, Takasaki Yoshinari, Fujimoto Shouichi, Atsumi Tatsuya, Yamagata Kunihiro, Homma Sakae, Arimura Yoshihiro, Makino Hirofumi
Abstract excerpt
A novel patient cluster in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) may be identified in Japan. We performed multiple correspondence and cluster analysis regarding 427 clinically diagnosed AAV patients excluding eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Model 1 included the ANCA phenotype, items of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score, and interstitial lung disease; model 2...
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