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Patients with cytoplasmatic (c)-ANCA positive vasculitis and crescentic glomerulonephritis (n=25) had similar clinical presentation, age, sex distribution, organ involvement, therapy requirements, and outcome as patients with perinuclear (p)-ANCA positive vasculitis and crescentic glomerulonephritis (n=7). Therefore, we conclude that these two entities are very closely related or even the same disease.
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Grotz, W., Röther, E., Schollmeyer, P. (1993). C-ANCA and p-ANCA Positive Vasculitis with Crescentic Glomerulonephritis: The Same Clinical Feature but Different Immunological Pathways ?. In: Gross, W.L. (eds) ANCA-Associated Vasculitides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 336. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_82
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