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Case Report

Improvement of rapidly progressive lupus nephritis associated MPO-ANCA with tacrolimus

Shinji MorimotoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tomoko WatanabeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Shouseki LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirofumi AmanoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yutaka KanmaruDepartment of Nephrology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Isao OhsawaDepartment of Nephrology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuhiko TominoDepartment of Nephrology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshinari TakasakiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Pages 291-294 | Received 09 Jul 2009, Accepted 30 Nov 2009, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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