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Case Report

Tocilizumab improves systemic rheumatoid vasculitis with necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis

Takashi IijimaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Tatsuya SuwabeNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Keiichi SumidaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Noriko HayamiNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Rikako HiramatsuNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Eiko HasegawaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Masayuki YamanouchiNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Junichi HoshinoNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Naoki SawaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1 Kajigaya, Takatsu, 213-8587, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kenmei TakaichiOkinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kenichi OohashiDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takeshi FujiiDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yoshifumi UbaraOkinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 138-142 | Received 10 Oct 2012, Accepted 11 Feb 2013, Published online: 18 Feb 2014

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