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Case Report

Systemic sclerosis complicated by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia that was misinterpreted as pulmonary arterial hypertension

Satoko AraiClinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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Kazuhiro KurasawaClinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Reika MaezawaClinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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Ryosuke HanaokaClinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
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Takeshi FukudaClinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kita-Kobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
Pages 152-157 | Received 12 Apr 2011, Accepted 30 May 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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