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Association between body mass index and severe infection in older adults with microscopic polyangiitis: a retrospective cohort in Japan

BACKGROUND: Although previous studies have evaluated risk factors for the incidence of severe infection in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and severe infection in AAV has not been elucidated. We hypothesize...

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Autores principales: Sugiyama, Hirokazu, Yamaguchi, Makoto, Katsuno, Takayuki, Iwagaitsu, Shiho, Nobata, Hironobu, Kinashi, Hiroshi, Banno, Shogo, Ando, Masahiko, Kubo, Yoko, Ishimoto, Takuji, Ito, Yasuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7942001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33750328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02123-y