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. 2021 Aug 11;31(3):417–418. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2021.4055

Rheumatoid vasculitis mimicking cryptococcal infection

Shin Iinuma 1,, Chiaki Takahashi 1, Atsushi Noguchi 2, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto 3
PMCID: PMC8354834  PMID: 34014168

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