Pediatric infective endocarditis initially presenting as hemorrhagic stroke
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عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrica Indonesiana
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2338-476X,0030-9311
DOI: 10.14238/pi60.3.2020.167-72