Cardiac Chloroma Clinically Resembling Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Setting
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Cardiac Chloroma Clinically Resembling Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Setting
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2164-5329,2164-5337
DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2014.43016