Sometimes There Is More Than One Puzzle on the Table: Pneumococcal Bacteremia as a New Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presentation

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Main Authors: Fereshte Sheybani, Hamidreza Naderi, Zahra Mirfeizi, Sedigheh Erfani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/970289
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