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Clinical Research in Cardiology
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology 10/2018

01-10-2018 | Letter to the Editors

Cardiac sarcoidosis: a challenging diagnosis

Authors: Maria Vincenza Polito, Stephan Stoebe, Leonard Leifels, Patrick Stumpp, Kilian Solty, Gennaro Galasso, Federico Piscione, Ulrich Laufs, Karin Klingel, Andreas Hagendorff

Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology | Issue 10/2018

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Metadata
Title
Cardiac sarcoidosis: a challenging diagnosis
Authors
Maria Vincenza Polito
Stephan Stoebe
Leonard Leifels
Patrick Stumpp
Kilian Solty
Gennaro Galasso
Federico Piscione
Ulrich Laufs
Karin Klingel
Andreas Hagendorff
Publication date
01-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1265-8

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