id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-006768-r2pa9qw0 Shobha, Vineeta Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: clinical course and outcome of 60 patients from a single center in South India 2018-02-28 .txt text/plain 3088 206 51 Patients who fulfilled any two of the four criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology, and those with clinical features of GPA with ANCA positivity and histopathological confirmation, were included in the study. Though we have sufficient information on the initial clinical presentations, the variable manifestations due to its multisystem involvement often delay the early diagnosis and treatment of this potentially treatable vasculitis. Considering the morbidity and mortality of this progressive vasculitis, knowledge of the various modes of presentation in various geographic regions is the key to early diagnosis and treatment. Clinical presentation as RPGN (28/38-66%) of those with renal GPA was the most common manifestation with 45% of Upper and lower respiratory involvement was seen in 63% of the patients which was much lower than the series from western and Asian data [12, 14, 15] . Wegener's granulomatosis in India: clinical features, treatment and outcome of twenty five patients ./cache/cord-006768-r2pa9qw0.txt ./txt/cord-006768-r2pa9qw0.txt