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Case Report

Coexistence of polymyositis and familial Mediterranean fever

Mami EguchiDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Taiichiro MiyashitaDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Haruka ShirouzuDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Saya SatoDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Yasumori IzumiDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Atsushi TakeokaDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Tadayoshi OhnoDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Remi SumiyoshiDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Ayako NishinoDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Yuka JiuchiDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, Japan
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Fumiaki NonakaDepartment of Rheumatology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
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Katsumi EguchiDepartment of Rheumatology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kiyoshi MigitaDepartment of General Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Research Center, NHO National Nagasaki Medical Center, Kubara 2-1001-1, Omura 856-8652, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 374-378 | Received 12 Jan 2012, Accepted 29 Mar 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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