The contrasting epidemiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) and microscopic polyangiitis

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 926-931

  Watts, Richard A ^a,b   Mooney, Janice ^c,d   Skinner, Jane ^a   Scott, David G I ^a,d   Macgregor, Alex J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's); Microscopic polyangiitis; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 84860240468     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker454     Document Type: Article

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