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Issues associated with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare diagnostic criteria for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: Reclassification of patients in the prospective cohort study of Remission Induction Therapy in Japanese patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides according to the MHLW criteria

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Pages 657-659 | Received 06 Jun 2014, Accepted 06 Oct 2014, Published online: 15 Dec 2014

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