Allergic Granulomatosis and Angiitis with Severe Cardiac Disease: A Case in Which Cardiac Function was Extremely Improved by Long-Term Steroid Therapy.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine

سال: 1992

ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235

DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.534