B cells and vasculitis Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1775 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Predicting Relapse in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis – the Potential Use of Monitoring in Vitro ANCA Production
Judith Land¹, Wayel H. Abdulahad¹, Coen A. Stegeman², Peter Heeringa³ and Abraham Rutgers¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose Patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) suffer from frequent disease relapses, with up to 50% of patients relapsing within 5 years. Several risk factors…

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