Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Positivity Is Associated with Vascular Involvement in Behçet's Disease.

Minyoung Kevin Kim Hyeok Chan Kwon Jasong Jungsik Song Yong-Beom Park Sang-Won Lee

Published in: Yonsei medical journal (2021)

ANCA positivity in BD patients was found to be associated with cross-sectional vascular involvement in the upper extremities and visceral arteries at diagnosis but was not predictive of poor outcomes during follow-up.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle