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Echinococcus multilocularis infection and TNF inhibitor treatment in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz, Nordallee 1, 54292, Trier, Germany

    S. M. Weiner

  2. Institute of Pathology, Trier, Germany

    V. Krenn & K. Hinkeldey

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Trier, Germany

    C. Koelbel

  4. Department of Radiology, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Trier, Germany

    H. G. Hoffmann

  5. Department of Surgery, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Trier, Germany

    D. Ockert

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Weiner, S.M., Krenn, V., Koelbel, C. et al. Echinococcus multilocularis infection and TNF inhibitor treatment in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 31, 1399–1400 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-010-1570-7

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