Evaluation of poor prognostic factors of respiratory related death in microscopic polyangiitis complicated by interstitial lung disease

Abstract The prognosis of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) with interstitial lung disease (ILD) is significantly worse than that of MPA without ILD. However, the clinical characteristics in MPA-ILD, especially poor prognostic factors, are not elucidated. We evaluated demographic, clinical, laboratory,...

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Main Authors: Shogo Matsuda, Takuya Kotani, Takayasu Suzuka, Takao Kiboshi, Keisuke Fukui, Minako Wakama, Takaaki Ishida, Youhei Fujiki, Hideyuki Shiba, Koji Nagai, Kenichiro Hata, Takeshi Shoda, Yuri Ito, Shigeki Makino, Tohru Takeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81311-7