TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical studies of the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
AU - Makino, Hirofumi
AU - Sada, Kenei
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank all the participants and physicians who supported the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. This work was supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (nannti-ippann-004).
Funding Information:
H. Makino serves as a consultant to AbbVie Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc., and Sumitomo Pharma Ltd.; H. Makino received honoraria from Astellas Pharma Inc., MSD K.K., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co.; H. Makino received research funding from Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., MSD K.K., Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - In Japan, the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, has been promoting basic and clinical research on vasculitis since 1972. The present Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides comprises 4 subcommittees under the direction of a Principal Investigator: Basic and Pathological Research Subcommittee, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Small and Medium-sized Vessel Vasculitis, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Large-sized Vessel Vasculitis, and International Cooperation Research Subcommittee. Since 2008, 9 nationwide clinical studies for vasculitis have been conducted and 8 clinical and basic studies are in progress.
AB - In Japan, the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, has been promoting basic and clinical research on vasculitis since 1972. The present Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides comprises 4 subcommittees under the direction of a Principal Investigator: Basic and Pathological Research Subcommittee, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Small and Medium-sized Vessel Vasculitis, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Large-sized Vessel Vasculitis, and International Cooperation Research Subcommittee. Since 2008, 9 nationwide clinical studies for vasculitis have been conducted and 8 clinical and basic studies are in progress.
KW - Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
KW - Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
KW - Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
KW - Microscopic polyangiitis
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U2 - 10.1007/s10157-013-0845-1
DO - 10.1007/s10157-013-0845-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24091919
AN - SCOPUS:84887260343
SN - 1342-1751
VL - 17
SP - 697
EP - 699
JO - Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
JF - Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
IS - 5
ER -