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Prevalence and time course of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus under immunosuppressive therapy

Ryu WatanabeDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Tomonori IshiiDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kyohei NakamuraDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Tsuyoshi ShiraiDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Yumi TajimaDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Hiroshi FujiiDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Hideo HarigaeDepartment of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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Pages 1094-1100 | Received 25 Jun 2012, Accepted 31 Oct 2012, Published online: 14 Jan 2014

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