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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura With Muscle Involvement, Presenting as Myositis

Jae-Joon Hwang1, Jiyeon Ahn, Ki-Pyo Kim

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea boltaguni@yahoo.co.kr.

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology : Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases
|December 22, 2016
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