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Letter

A rare case of hemorrhagic cystitis complicated with thrombocytopenia and hemophagocytic syndrome associated with BK virus, under immunosuppressive treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

Masataka UmedaSasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan;Department of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kunihiro IchinoseDepartment of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Akitomo OkadaDepartment of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Ayako NishinoDepartment of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Toshiyuki AramakiSasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Nozomi IwanagaSasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kaoru TeradaSasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Hideki NakamuraDepartment of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yukitaka UekiSasebo Chuo Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Pages 467-469 | Received 21 Jan 2015, Accepted 08 May 2015, Published online: 13 Jun 2015

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