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AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, department of internal medicine and clinical immunology, Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
Objective: To describe presentation, treatment and outcome of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) associated-vasculitis in cancer patients in a multicentre study.
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