Coexistent Wegener’s Granulomatosis and Goodpasture’s Disease: What Is the Mechanism?Dr. Humphrey-Murto and Dr. Mulpuru reply

Shin JI, Park SJ, Kim JH. Coexistent Wegener’s granulomatosis and Goodpasture’s disease: What is the mechanism? J Rheumatol 2011;38:1521. In the July 2011 issue, a reply was not published for the Letter to the Editor titled “Coexistent Wegener’s Granulomatosis and Goodpasture’s Disease: What Is the Mechanism?”; the letter and reply are given in full below. We regret the error. # Coexistent Wegener’s Granulomatosis and Goodpasture’s Disease: What Is the Mechanism? {#article-title-2} To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Mulpuru, et al 1. They described a 50-year-old woman who developed Goodpasture’s disease one month after the diagnosis of Wegener’s granulomatosis1. As one of the possible mechanisms, they described that antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody … Address correspondence to Dr. Mulpuru; E-mail: sunitamulpuru{at}hotmail.com