Increased Sensitivity of the European Medicines Agency Algorithm for Classification of Childhood Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis.

OBJECTIVE: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's; GPA) and other antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare in childhood and are sometimes difficult to discriminate. We compared use of adult-derived classification schemes for GPA against validated pediatr...

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Published in:Journal of Rheumatology Vol. 39; no. 8; pp. 1687 - 1698
Main Authors: Uribe AG, Huber AM, Kim S, O'Neil KM, Wahezi DM, Abramson L, Baszis K, Benseler SM, Bowyer SL, Campillo S, Chira P, Hersh AO, Higgins GC, Eberhard A, Ede K, Imundo LF, Jung L, Kingsbury DJ, Klein-Gitelman M, Lawson EF
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Co. Ltd. Aug2012
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