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Prompt benefit of early immunosuppressive therapy in acute lymphocytic myocarditis with persistent heart failure

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    Tatyana Weitsman, Giora Weisz & Tal Hasin

  2. Clalit Health Medical Organization, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

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Weitsman, T., Weisz, G., Keren, A. et al. Prompt benefit of early immunosuppressive therapy in acute lymphocytic myocarditis with persistent heart failure. Clin Res Cardiol 105, 794–796 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-016-0985-x

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