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Case Report

A case of MPO- and PR3-ANCA-positive hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with elevated serum IgG4

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Pages 151-155 | Received 03 Oct 2011, Accepted 02 Feb 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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