Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei; Section of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung. Received: 14 March 2001. Revised: 21 May 2001. Accepted: 10 July 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Dr. Yung-Ching Liu, Section of Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1 Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: A REPORT OF TWO CASES
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تاریخ انتشار 2002