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Incidental Finding of a Left Atrial Myxoma while Characterising an Autoimmune Disease

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|May 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2018-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 64 - 67
Submitted on: Mar 5, 2018
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Accepted on: Apr 26, 2018
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Published on: May 25, 2018
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Rafael Garcia-Carretero, Gema Naranjo-Mansilla, Esther Luna-Heredia, Paloma Arias-Baldo, Blanca-Nieves Beamonte-Vela, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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