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A 37 year old female is admitted to hospital with dyspnoea and haemoptysis. On further questioning she described a facial rash, hair loss, joint pain and fatigue for several weeks prior to admission.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_19
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