Echinococcosis of the heart.
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Funding Thisworkwas supportedbygrants from theFédérationFrançaisedeCardiologie (FR). This study was supported in part by a grant from the Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique (PHRC National 2008) from the French government. The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study, in the datacollection, analyses, interpretation, or in the preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. This study was funded by the 2008 French National Hospital Clinical Research Program.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European heart journal
دوره 35 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014