Impairment of lung function, health status and functional capacity in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis
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Interstitial Lung Disease with ANCA-associated Vasculitis
The association between interstitial lung disease (ILD) and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), particularly microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), has been described in a number of case reports and case series reports in the last 2 decades. In addition, patients with pulmonary fibrosis and ANCA positivity but without other manifestations of systemic vasculitis hav...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1462-0332,1462-0324
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh548