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CASE REPORT

A case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease that developed relapsing polychondritis

Takeo SakutaDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Yoshitaka MoritaDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Joe SakaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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Atsunori KuwabaraDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Norio KomaiDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Tatsuo FukushimaDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Tamaki SasakiDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Akio TabuchiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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Naoki KashiharaDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Pages 204-206 | Received 23 Aug 2004, Accepted 01 Feb 2005, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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