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Combination therapy to treat Churg-Strauss syndrome: Corticosteroids with short- or long-term cyclophosphamide pulses

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Espinoza, L.R. Combination therapy to treat Churg-Strauss syndrome: Corticosteroids with short- or long-term cyclophosphamide pulses. Curr Rheumatol Rep 10, 427–429 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-008-0069-7

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