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Could intravenous cyclosporin A be an effective therapeutic strategy in pulmonary hemorrhage associated with Henoch-Schönlein purpura?

Comment on: Pulmonary hemorrhage associated with Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a child [Clin Rheumatol 27(6):803–805]

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Shin, J.I., Lee, J.S. Could intravenous cyclosporin A be an effective therapeutic strategy in pulmonary hemorrhage associated with Henoch-Schönlein purpura?. Clin Rheumatol 27, 1475 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-0992-z

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