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Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with hypocomplementemia has a higher incidence of serious organ damage and a poor prognosis.
Medicine (Baltimore)
September 2016
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology Department of Public Health Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Unit of Translational Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki University Hospital Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki, Japan..
A relationship between antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and complement has been shown, and complement has an important role in the pathogenesis of AAV. The clinical characteristics of AAV with hypocomplementemia still remain unclear.We conducted an observational study of 81 patients with AAV (median onset age 71 years; 58% female).
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