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Clinical Features - Case Report

CMV gastric ulcer in a patient with pauci immune crescentic glomerulonephritis on rituximab – a rare combination

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Pages 619-622 | Received 21 Apr 2019, Accepted 10 Sep 2019, Published online: 17 Sep 2019

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