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Case Reports

Recurrence of IgG4-related disease following treatment with rituximab

Jun MurakamiDepartment of Internal Medicine (3), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shoko MatsuiDepartment of Internal Medicine (1), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Shin IshizawaDepartment of Pathology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-2-78 Nishi-nagae, Toyama 930-8550, Japan
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Kotaro AritaDepartment of Internal Medicine (3), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Akinori WadaDepartment of Internal Medicine (3), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Takayoshi MiyazonoDepartment of Internal Medicine (3), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Hiroyuki HounokiDepartment of Internal Medicine (1), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Koichiro ShinodaDepartment of Internal Medicine (1), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Hirofumi TakiDepartment of Internal Medicine (1), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Toshiro SugiyamaDepartment of Internal Medicine (3), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Pages 1226-1230 | Received 05 Apr 2012, Accepted 01 Aug 2012, Published online: 14 Jan 2014

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