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Case Report

A case of granuloma in the occipital lobe of a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis

Naoto AzumaDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan;Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kido-Higashi-machi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yoshinori KatadaDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kido-Higashi-machi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan
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Nobumasa NishimuraDivision of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
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Tomonori YamadaDivision of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
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Ryunosuke UranishiDivision of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
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Shinichi NakatsukaDepartment of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
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Makoto DeharaDivision of Neurosurgery, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
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Yoshinori HaradaDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kido-Higashi-machi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan
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Takao YamanakaDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kido-Higashi-machi, Kawachinagano, Osaka 586-8521, Japan
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Yukihiko SaekiDepartment of Clinical Investigation, National Hospital Organization Osaka-Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
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Pages 411-415 | Received 28 Nov 2007, Accepted 10 Mar 2008, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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