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Case Report

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia developing in a regularly haemodialysed patient with scleroderma renal crisis: a case report

Yuya SatoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Tomoyuki ItoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan;
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Akira IguchiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan;
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Kazuhiro YoshitaDivision of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Yumi ItoDivision of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Naofumi ImaiDivision of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Hajime YamazakiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan;
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Takako SaekiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan;
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Ichiei NaritaDivision of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Pages 124-129 | Received 09 Nov 2018, Accepted 20 Dec 2018, Published online: 24 Jan 2019

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