Abstracts tagged "risk assessment and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2564 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
A Risk Score for Predicting Short-Term Incidence of Death or Relapse in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Carla Maldini¹, Matthieu Resche-Rigon², David Jayne³, Kerstin Westman⁴ and Alfred Mahr¹, ¹Internal Medicine, Hospital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ²Biostatistics, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, ³Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Addenbrookes Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Nephrology and Transplantation, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), combining granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), is associated with a substantial risk of relapse or…