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Venous thromboembolic events in systemic vasculitis
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  1. Pavel Novikov,
  2. Egor Makarov,
  3. Sergey Moiseev,
  4. Alexey Meshkov,
  5. Leonid Strizhakov
  1. Clinic of Nephrology, Internal and Occupational Diseases, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
  1. Correspondence to Professor Sergey Moiseev, Clinic of Nephrology, Internal and Occupational Diseases, First Moscow State Medical University, Rossolimo, 11/5, Moscow 119934, Russia; clinpharm{at}mtu-net.ru

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206849

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