Patients with ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis and Connective Tissue Diseases: A Comparative Study from the Maine-Anjou AAV Registry.
Fanny GuibertAnne-Sophie GarnierSamuel WacrenierGiorgina Barbara PiccoliAssia DjemaRenaud GanseyJulien DemiselleBenoît BrillandMaud CousinVirginie BessonAgnès DuveauKhuzama El NasserJean-Philippe CoindreAnne CroueJean-Paul Saint-AndréAlain ChevaillerJean-François SubraJean François AugustoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2019)
Association between CTD and ANCA-GN is not a rare condition and predominantly affects females. While AAV presentation is not significantly different, CTD patients experience more frequently non-renal relapse and venous thrombotic events.