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Massive ascites in a canakinumab resistant case with MVA leading to bone marrow transplantation

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  1. Division of Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, 16059, Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey

    Sahin Erdol & Halil Saglam

  2. Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey

    Sukru Cekic & Sara Sebnem Kılıc

  3. Division of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Park Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Suar Cakı Kılıc

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Erdol, S., Cekic, S., Kılıc, S.C. et al. Massive ascites in a canakinumab resistant case with MVA leading to bone marrow transplantation. Rheumatol Int 36, 1011–1013 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-016-3456-9

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