Open AccessSignificance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity in patients with systemic sclerosis: a single-centre pilot study in Korea
Author(s) -
Jang Woo Ha,
Jung Yoon Pyo,
Sung Soo Ahn,
Jaeyong Song,
YongBeom Park,
SangWon Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/nkcry1
Subject(s) - medicine , microscopic polyangiitis , rheumatology , anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , rheumatism , granulomatosis with polyangiitis , vasculitis , incidence (geometry) , disease , physics , optics
We investigated whether antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positivity at diagnosis may be associated with the cross-sectional clinical features at diagnosis and predicting all-cause mortality during follow-up in Korean patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). In addition, we assessed the incidence of SSc and ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) overlap syndrome in patients with ANCA positivity.