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Case Report

A concomitant case of giant cell arteritis and microscopic polyangiitis with hemoperitoneum by rupture of the gastroepiploic artery

Kenji FujiiCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tomomi TsutsumiCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, Japan
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Kensuke TakaokaCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, Japan
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Yasuhiro OsugiCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, Japan
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Satoshi AndoCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, Japan
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Yoshinobu KoyamaCenter for Rheumatic Disease, Iizuka Hospital, 83-3 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8505, Japan
Pages 934-938 | Received 09 Nov 2011, Accepted 01 Feb 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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