Demographic, Clinical, and Immunologic Correlates among a Cohort of 50 Cocaine Users Demonstrating Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies.

CONCLUSION: We identify sex and race as important risk modifiers in the developing CLAAS among cocaine users. The development of C-ANCA was associated with increased mortality. Moreover, we confirm the enriched presence of anti-MPO/anti-PR3 dual reactivity in CLAAS, further supporting the diagnostic utility of this feature. PMID: 31092720 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research