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The influence of the Great East Japan earthquake on microscopic polyangiitis: A retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis is triggered by environmental factors, including silica dust exposure. Repeated tsunami waves brought a large volume of silica-containing sludge inland after the Great East Japan earthquake in 2011. We aimed to determine if the se...

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Autores principales: Takeuchi, Yoichi, Saito, Ayako, Ojima, Yoshie, Kagaya, Saeko, Fukami, Hirotaka, Sato, Hiroyuki, Matsuda, Ken, Nagasawa, Tasuku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5428958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28498830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177482