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MPO-ANCA-positive Wegener’s granulomatosis presenting with hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis: case report and review of the literature

✍ Scribed by Mitsuteru Akahoshi; Goichi Yoshimoto; Hitoshi Nakashima; Katsuhisa Miyake; Yasushi Inoue; Yosuke Tanaka; Hiroshi Tsukamoto; Takahiko Horiuchi; Takeshi Otsuka; Mine Harada

Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
311 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1439-7595

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