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How would you approach managing an asymptomatic patient with normal kidney function who has elevated p-ANCA and MPO titers along with evidence for pauci-immune glomerulonephritis on kidney biopsy?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

I would assume the patient has hematuria and proteinuria, and that is why they had a kidney biopsy. I would treat this patient with immunosuppression, but would be willing to reduce the dose and duration of immunosuppression depending on the response of the patient. Following the ANCA titer would al...

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How would you approach managing an asymptomatic patient with normal kidney function who has elevated p-ANCA and MPO titers along with evidence for pauci-immune glomerulonephritis on kidney biopsy? | Mednet