Evaluation of the newly proposed simplified histological classification in Japanese cohorts of myeloperoxidase-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis in comparison with other Asian and European cohorts

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 659-662

  Muso, Eri ^a   Endo, Tomomi ^a   Itabashi, Mitsuyo ^b   Kakita, Hiroko ^a   Iwasaki, Yukako ^a   Tateishi, Yu ^a   Komiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Ihara, Toshiko ^a   Yumura, Wako ^c   Sugiyama, Takao ^d   Joh, Kensuke ^e   Suzuki, Kazuo ^f  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^d SHIMOSHIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^f TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; Classification; Glomerulonephritis; Japan; Microscopic polyangiitis; Renal histology; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHINA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887223459     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-012-0755-7     Document Type: Review

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