Implications of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody status when switching to maintenance therapy

Positive classic antineutrophil cytoplas

Positive classic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (C-ANCA) titer at switch to azathioprine therapy associated with relapse in proteinase 3-related vasculitis

✍ Slot, Marjan C. ;Tervaert, Jan Willem Cohen ;Boomsma, Maarten M. ;Stegeman, Coen 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 78 KB 👁 2 views

## Objective: To analyze disease-free survival in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (anca)-associated small-vessel vasculitis (aav) treated with cyclophosphamide only or switched to azathioprine after 3 months of full remission while taking cyclophosphamide. ## Methods: We analyze