Myocarditis associated with Takayasu arteritis.
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This work was supported by the Stiftung Mainzer Herz and the Robert Müller Stiftung. Further support was provided by the Center for Translational Vascular Biology (CTVB), the German Center vor Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), and the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH). T.M. is PI oft he DZHK. C.M. is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Heisenberg Programm and SFB 894), by the Deutsche Herzstiftung (Margret Elisabeth Strauß-Projektförderung), and the Corona Stiftung Conflict of interest: C.M. received speaker honoraria from Berlin Chemie (Ranolazine) and Stealth Biotherapeutics (Bendavia), and is a scientific advisor to Stealth Biotherapeutics.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European heart journal
دوره 36 38 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015