title: Issues associated with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare diagnostic criteria for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: Reclassification of patients in the prospective cohort study of Remission Induction Therapy in Japanese patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides according to the MHLW criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Okayama , Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ei
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sada
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harigai
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D056648:Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000032:analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents