Gallium-67 and Indium-111-antimyosin scintigraphy in rheumatic fever: Is rheumatic myocarditis more of an infiltrative than a degenerative myocardial disorder?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)81935-8