Azathioprine or methotrexate maintenance for ANCA-associated vasculitis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on December 25, 2008

Authors

Christian Pagnoux1, Alfred Mahr, Mohamed A Hamidou, Jean-Jacques Boffa, Marc Ruivard, Jean-Pierre Ducroix, Xavier Kyndt, François Lifermann, Thomas Papo, Marc Lambert, José Le Noach, Mehdi Khellaf, Dominique Merrien, Xavier Puéchal, Stéphane Vinzio, Pascal Cohen, Luc Mouthon, Jean-François Cordier, Loïc Guillevin, French Vasculitis Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. pagnoux@cch.aphp.fr

Associated clinical trials:

WEGENT - Comparison of Methotrexate or Azathioprine as Maintenance Therapy for ANCA-Associated Vasculitides | NCT00349674

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