Issues associated with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare diagnostic criteria for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: Reclassification of patients in the prospective cohort study of Remission Induction Therapy in Japanese patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides according to the MHLW criteria

Mod Rheumatol. 2015 Jul;25(4):657-9. doi: 10.3109/14397595.2014.982270. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Authors

Ken-Ei Sada¹, Masahiro Yamamura, Masayoshi Harigai, Takao Fujii, Yoshihiro Arimura, Hirofumi Makino; Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan.

PMID: 25496407
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2014.982270

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis* / diagnosis
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis* / drug therapy
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis* / epidemiology
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / analysis
Cohort Studies
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Japan / epidemiology
Morbidity / trends
Prospective Studies
Remission Induction / methods

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Immunosuppressive Agents