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Prostatitis as the initial manifestation of fatal systemic vasculitis: a case report

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We thank Dr Sanjai A Pai for his inputs and for providing the histopathology images.

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    Deepika Ponnuru & Sharath Kumar

  2. Manipal Hospital Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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DP: was involved in acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data and wrote the first draft of the manuscript and approved the version to be published. SK: was involved in acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data, revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; approved the version to be published; agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

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Ponnuru, D., Kumar, S. Prostatitis as the initial manifestation of fatal systemic vasculitis: a case report. Int Urol Nephrol 54, 2867–2868 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-022-03308-z

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