Exploratory classification of clinical phenotypes in Japanese patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis using cluster analysis

Abstract A novel patient cluster in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) may be identified in Japan. We performed multiple correspondence and cluster analysis regarding 427 clinically diagnosed AAV patients excluding eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Mo...

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Main Authors: Haruki Watanabe, Ken-ei Sada, Masayoshi Harigai, Koichi Amano, Hiroaki Dobashi, Yoshinari Takasaki, Shouichi Fujimoto, Tatsuya Atsumi, Kunihiro Yamagata, Sakae Homma, Yoshihiro Arimura, Hirofumi Makino, Research Committee of Intractable Vasculitis Syndrome (JPVAS), Research Committee of Intractable Renal Disease of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84627-6