Key words: vasculitis, ANCA, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score, Vasculitis Damage Index, cyclophosphamide, rituximab
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NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Raashid Luqmani, DM, FRCP, Professor Please address correspondence to: Prof. Raashid Luqmani, NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7HE, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] Received and accepted on September 26, 2012. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2012; 30 (Suppl. 73): S149-S153. © Copyright CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2012.
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