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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2016;27(4):191-3
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58-year-old patient with IgG4-related thoracic aortitis
Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Athanasios G. Tzioufas
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Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Keywords: thoracic aortitis, IgG4-related disease
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