Clinical and Pathological Characterization of Patients with Microscopic Polyangiitis with Medium Artery Involvement

Renal Failure

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 989-995

  Zhao, Ming Hui ^a   Sun, Qi Zhi ^a   Wang, Hai Yan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Medium vessel vasculitides; Microscopic polyangiitis

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0344825821     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120026034     Document Type: Article

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