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We present a case of renal vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa) in a 36-year-old female prostitute having undetected HIV infection (AIDS-related complex) and chronic B-hepatitis. The pathogenesis and significance of the association between these entities are reviewed.
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Angulo, J.C., Lopez, J.I., Garcia, M.E. et al. HIV infection presenting as renal polyarteritis nodosa. International Urology and Nephrology 26, 637–641 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767717
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