Does geographic location affect incidence of ANCA-associated renal vasculitis in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada?

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1840-1844

  Anderson, Keltie ^a   Klassen, Judy ^a   Stewart, Samuel A ^a   Taylor Gjevre, Regina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANCA; Diagnosis; Granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Microscopic polyangiitis; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED RENAL VASCULITIS; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; BETWEEN ACTIVITY SEVERITY MEASURE SCORE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIVE FACTOR SCORE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMATOSIS POLYANGIITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION; VASCULITIS DAMAGE INDEX;

EID: 84887326869     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket226     Document Type: Article

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