Prominent pericardial and myocardial lesions in the Churg-Strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis).
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.38.10.793