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Negative anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody at switch to maintenance therapy is associated with a reduced risk of relapse

BACKGROUND: Relapse of disease is frequent in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). It is unclear whether persistent ANCA when starting maintenance therapy increases the risk of relapse. We examined the association between ANCA status and relapse in two randomised co...

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Autores principales: Morgan, Matthew David, Szeto, Matthew, Walsh, Michael, Jayne, David, Westman, Kerstin, Rasmussen, Niels, Hiemstra, Thomas F., Flossmann, Oliver, Berden, Annelies, Höglund, Peter, Harper, Lorraine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5461828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1321-1