Cardiac tamponade caused by uremic pericarditis in a patient with endstage renal disease due to diabetic nephropathy
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Toseki Igakkai Zasshi
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1883-082X,1340-3451
DOI: 10.4009/jsdt.40.609