SP144POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME (PRES) FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE IN A GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGITIS PATIENT
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy104.sp144