Isolated Invasive Endomyocardial Cystic Echinococcosis Presenting with Heart Failure
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Isolated Invasive Endomyocardial Cystic Echinococcosis Presenting with Heart Failure
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2012/603087