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Hepatitis C- and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Induced Hypersensitivity Vasculitis

A Clinical Pathology Conference Held by the Division of Rheumatology at Hospital for Special Surgery

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Kristin Marx for her presentation and helpful discussion regarding this case.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Ora Singer MD, Anne Bass MD & Doruk Erkan MD

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Robert Winchester MD

  3. Department of Pathology, Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital, 546 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Surya Seshan MD

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, USA

    Roodabeh Michelle Koolaee DO

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Koolaee, R.M., Singer, O., Bass, A. et al. Hepatitis C- and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Induced Hypersensitivity Vasculitis. HSS Jrnl 6, 102–107 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-009-9141-8

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