Severe anemia caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis.

Chin Med J (Engl)

Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.

Published: October 2019

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