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Current Rheumatology Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-3971
ISSN (Online): 1875-6360

Letter to the Editor

Fatal Outcome of Rituximab in an ANCA Negative Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Patient with Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Mass

Author(s): Samira Alesaeidi, Seyedeh Y. Hashemi-Amir, Seyed Mohammad Piri and Soheil Tavakolpour*

Volume 17, Issue 1, 2021

Published on: 17 May, 2020

Page: [2 - 3] Pages: 2

DOI: 10.2174/1573397116666200517120935

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