Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with
polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into …

Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis
with polyangiitis (EGPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were …

Objective To develop and validate classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis (MPA).
Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international …

Objective To develop and validate new classification criteria for Takayasu arteritis (TAK).
Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an international …

Objective To identify similarities and differences in the clinical features of adult Japanese
patients with individual anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies (anti-ARS Abs). Methods …

Objective To clarify the association of clinical and prognostic features with dermatomyositis (DM)-specific
autoantibodies (Abs) in adult Japanese patients with DM. Design Retrospective …

The morphologic changes and signal intensity of the spinal cord on preoperative magnetic
resonance images were correlated with postoperative outcomes in 74 patients undergoing …

Introduction We investigated the clinical and serological features of patients with antineutrophil
cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in Japan using data from a …

PURPOSE: To characterize thin-section computed tomographic (CT) findings of pathologic
subgroups of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NIP) in a sizeable number of patients. …

Objective. To analyze clinical characteristics, survival, causes of death, and risk factors
associated with mortality in patients with adult-onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) in …