A Lesson from a Fatal Case of Leptospirosis
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Unità Operativa di Medicina Interna e Dislipidemie Genetiche, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo Italy c Unità Operativa di Diagnostica Specialistica Malattie Diffusive, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo Italy *These two authors contributed equally to this work # Corresponding author: Maurizio Averna, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (DIBIMIS) Policlinico “Paolo Giaccone” University of Palermo Via del Vespro 141 90127 Palermo – Italy
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