Sudden visual loss in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis
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Sudden visual loss in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis.
ASSUNTA C. H. HO, NATHAN HASSON, DAVINDER SINGH-GREWAL Rheumatology Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK, Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Department of Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rheumatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1462-0324,1462-0332
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep193