Cardiac involvement in relapsing polychondritis
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Cardiac involvement in relapsing polychondritis.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1522-9645,0195-668X
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu238