Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody monitoring in vasculitis patients to predict relapse
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Gillis, David
Wong, Richard CW
Kodituwakku, Aruna
Droney, Luke
Ranganathan, Dwarakanathan
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis are life-threatening multisystem necrotizing vasculitides that classically present with sinopulmonary and/or renal involvement.1 They are associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) with specificities for myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA or proteinase 3 (PR3) -ANCA. ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) follows a relapsing course in up to 50% of patients that causes significant morbidity.2
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International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
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Clinical sciences
Immunology
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Rheumatology
POLYANGIITIS WEGENERS
DISEASE-ACTIVITY
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Schuster, DDD; Gillis, D; Wong, RCW; Kodituwakku, A; Droney, L; Ranganathan, D, Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody monitoring in vasculitis patients to predict relapse, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2023