Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 584916, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/584916
Research Article

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 is a Prognostic Marker in ANCA-Associated Small Vessel Vasculitis

Sophie Ohlsson,1,2 Omran Bakoush,1 Jan Tencer,1 Ole Torffvit,1 and Mårten Segelmark1

1Department of Nephrology, Lund University Hospital, Institute for Clinical Sciences, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
2Kidney Research Laboratory, BMC C14, 221 84, Lund, Sweden

Received 21 November 2008; Revised 31 March 2009; Accepted 11 May 2009

Academic Editor: Hidde Bult

Copyright © 2009 Sophie Ohlsson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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