Clinical implications of peripheral eosinophil count at diagnosis in patients newly diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Jang Woo Ha,
Sung Soo Ahn,
Jason Jungsik Song
et al.
Abstract:Background
This study investigated the clinical implications of peripheral eosinophil count at diagnosis in estimating cross-sectional antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) activity and predicting all-cause mortality during follow-up in patients newly diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA).
Methods
This study included 224 immunosuppressive drug-naïve patients with periphera… Show more
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