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A Profound Vitamin B12 Deficiency in a Patient with Lofgren’s Syndrome

Daniella Vronsky1 Internal Medicine Department, Ward E, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Amit Finkelstein2 Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Shachaf Shiber2 Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;3 Department of Rheumatology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Moshe Heching2 Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;4 Department of Pulmonology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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Noa Eliakim-Raz1 Internal Medicine Department, Ward E, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel;2 Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Irit Ayalon-Dangur1 Internal Medicine Department, Ward E, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel
Pages 655-658 | Received 01 Mar 2023, Accepted 11 Jul 2023, Published online: 10 Oct 2023

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