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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Masaki Ueno, Shinichiro Asakawa, Shigeyuki Arai, Michito Nagura, Osamu Yamazaki, Yoshifuru Tamura, Shigeru Shibata & Yoshihide Fujigaki

  2. Division of Nephrology, Tokyo-Kita Medical Center, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Sawako Kobayashi

  3. Department of Integrated Diagnostic Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Ryuji Ohashi

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Ueno, M., Kobayashi, S., Asakawa, S. et al. Author's reply to “Immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis with ANCA positivity: what should nephrologists consider?”. CEN Case Rep 13, 143–144 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13730-023-00817-3

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