Recurrent anti-GBM disease with pulmonary artery aneurysms
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چکیده
We present the first known case of pulmonary artery aneurysms as a feature of Recurrent Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane disease.
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دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016