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Case Report

Successful treatment of severe Reiter’s syndrome with etretinate

Shigeto KobayashiDepartments of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Sakae SekiyaDepartment of General Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Nobuko NiizumaDepartment of Dermatology, Yanagibashi Hospital, 2-20-4 Yanagibashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111, Japan
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Mitsutaka SakamotoSakamoto Hospital, 4-34-20 Nishi-Shinkoiwa, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124, Japan
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Naoto TamuraDepartments of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Tomohiro AkimotoDepartments of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Yoshinari TakasakiDepartments of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Hiroshi HashimotoDepartments of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Pages 47-54 | Received 17 Jan 1996, Accepted 12 Sep 1996, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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