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Does the presence of ANCA antibodies in patients with newly diagnosed lupus nephritis alter your approach to management?

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Rheumatology · VA Boston Healthcare System

I've never encountered this, to be honest, but I've always worried about what I would do, since a fair percentage of patients with lupus are reported to have ANCA antibodies thought to have no clinical relevance.

The problem is the "pauci-immune" part of ANCA-associated GN, so that there is no "posi...

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