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Infliximab treatment in two patients with psoriatic arthritis and secondary IgA nephropathy

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, St. Paul’s Hospital, 161 Ethnikis Andistaseos Str, 551 34, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Grigorios T. Sakellariou

  2. Department of Rheumatology, 424 General Army Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Periklis Vounotrypidis & Charalampos Berberidis

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Sakellariou, G.T., Vounotrypidis, P. & Berberidis, C. Infliximab treatment in two patients with psoriatic arthritis and secondary IgA nephropathy. Clin Rheumatol 26, 1132–1133 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0422-z

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