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    Özgür Özdemir-Şimşek, Belde Kasap-Demir, Gökçen Erfidan, Seçil Arslansoyu-Çamlar, Eren Soyaltın, Demet Alaygut & Fatma Mutlubaş

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Özdemir-Şimşek, Ö., Kasap-Demir, B., Erfidan, G. et al. Severe abdominal pain in a case with lupus nephritis: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 36, 875–879 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-020-04675-4

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