TY - JOUR T1 - Relapses in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis: likely to begin with the same organ as initial onset. JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 448 LP - 450 VL - 35 IS - 3 AU - Min Chen AU - Feng Yu AU - Ming-Hui Zhao Y1 - 2008/03/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/3/448.abstract N2 - OBJECTIVE: In antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV), relapses constitute a challenge despite initial good control. Our objective was to investigate whether patients with relapses shared the same initial organ involvement. METHODS: One hundred sixty patients with AAV in our center were investigated. Of these 160, 38 experienced relapse during followup. Clinical and laboratory data were analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 38 patients, there was a total of 55 relapse events, 39 (70.9%) of which had the same initial organ as in the initial onset. CONCLUSION: Relapses in AAV were likely to begin with the same organ as in the initial onset; this facilitates early recognition of relapses. ER -