Fatal Hepatic Hemorrhage from Peliosis Hepatis with X-linked Myotubular Myopathy
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Shin-ichiro Hagiwara
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shin-Ichiro Hagiwara, Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, 2100 Magome, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama 339-8551, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorMitsuru Kubota
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKeita Sakaguchi
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorErika Hiwatari
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Kishimoto
Division of Pathology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiichi Kagimoto
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Shin-ichiro Hagiwara
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shin-Ichiro Hagiwara, Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, 2100 Magome, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama 339-8551, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorMitsuru Kubota
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKeita Sakaguchi
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorErika Hiwatari
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Kishimoto
Division of Pathology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiichi Kagimoto
Division of General Pediatrics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan
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