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Case Report

Three cases of pneumatosis intestinalis presenting in autoimmune diseases

Akihiro SagaraDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Tonami General Hospital, 1-61, Sintomicho, Tonami 939-1395, Japan;Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Kiyoki KitagawaDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Kengo FuruichiDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shinji KitajimaDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Tadashi ToyamaDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Toshiya OkumuraDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Tonami General Hospital, 1-61, Sintomicho, Tonami 939-1395, Japan;Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Akinori HaraDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Yoshio SakaiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Shuichi KanekoDepartment of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Takashi WadaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Pages 610-615 | Received 15 Jun 2011, Accepted 18 Oct 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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