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01-01-2013 | Letter to the Editors

Cardiac cystic echinococcosis: a long-term follow-up case report

Authors: M. F. Braggion-Santos, H. Abdel-Aty, N. Hofmann, Hugo A. Katus, Henning Steen

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 1/2013

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Title: Cardiac cystic echinococcosis: a long-term follow-up case report
Authors: M. F. Braggion-Santos
H. Abdel-Aty
N. Hofmann
Hugo A. Katus
Henning Steen
Publication date: 01-01-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0497-2

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