Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Progressive Heart Failure with Abdominal Lymphadenopathy
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Acute Progressive Heart Failure with Abdominal Lymphadenopathy
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9148-17