Epidemiology and clinical features of childhood-onset anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a clinicopathological analysis.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan. [Email]

Abstract

This study was performed to determine the clinical features and outcomes of childhood-onset anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), particularly microscopic polyangiitis (MPA).

Keywords

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis,Epidemiology,Microscopic polyangiitis,Pediatric patient,Vasculitis,