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Reduced survival in microscopic polyangiitis patients with pulmonary fibrosis in a respiratory referral centre

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  1. Primary Systemic Vasculitides Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Calzada de Tlalpan 4502, Col. Sección XVI, Tlalpan, 14000, Mexico City, Mexico

    Luis Felipe Flores-Suárez, Natllely Ruiz & Lina María Saldarriaga Rivera

  2. Department of Radiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico

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Flores-Suárez, L.F., Ruiz, N., Rivera, L.M.S. et al. Reduced survival in microscopic polyangiitis patients with pulmonary fibrosis in a respiratory referral centre. Clin Rheumatol 34, 1653–1654 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-015-2967-1

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