20. P-ANCA … POSITIVE Approximately 90% of patients with active Wegener’s granulomatosis have a positive antiproteinase-3 ANCA. A small percentage of patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis may have antimyeloperoxidase rather than antiproteinase-3 antibodies.
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25. Kallenberg CGM et al. (2006) Mechanisms of Disease: pathogenesis and treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitides Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 2: 661 – 670 doi:10.1038/ ncprheum0355 Figure 1 Cytoplasmic components of ethanol-fixed neutrophils, stained by indirect immunofluorescence, in a serum sample from a patient with active Wegener's granulomatosis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies to proteinase 3