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Case Report

A case of Sjögren syndrome with pulmonary amyloidosis complicating microscopic polyangiitis

Shin-ya KawashiriUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mami TamaiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Satoshi YamasakiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Hideki NakamuraUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Tomoyuki KakugawaSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Noriho SakamotoSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Yuji IshimatsuSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Pages 646-650 | Received 08 Feb 2011, Accepted 25 Feb 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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