Risk factors associated with relapse in Japanese patients with microscopic polyangiitis.

OBJECTIVE: We retrospectively studied the risk factors associated with relapse during remission maintenance therapy for myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (MPO-ANCA)-positive microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). METHODS: Sixty-two patients diagnosed with MPA according to the European...

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Published in:Journal of Rheumatology Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 545 - 552
Main Authors: Wada, Takashi, Hara, Akinori, Arimura, Yoshihiro, Sada, Ken-Ei, Makino, Hirofumi
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Co. Ltd. Mar2012
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