Abstracts tagged "administrative databases and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 1682 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Inpatient Epidemiology of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in the United States
Patompong Ungprasert¹, Matthew Koster ², Wisit Cheungpasitporn ³, Karn Wijarnpreecha ⁴, Charat Thongprayoon ² and Paul Kroner ⁵, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Bangkok, Thailand, ²Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ³University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ⁴Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, formerly known and Wegener’s granulomatosis) is a major subtype of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis characterized by granulomatous inflammation of…