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Silent Strike: Stroke in Context of Endocarditis – Brain Imaging as a Catalyst for Diagnosis

Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 63 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Iulia-Cosmina Stoican,  Dorin Dragoș,  Atena Papagheorghe,  Suzana Maria Guberna,  Sorin Tuta and  Maria Mirabela Manea  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2025-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
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Language: English
Page range: 145 - 151
Submitted on: Jul 22, 2024
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Published on: Feb 27, 2025
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
brain imaging,
ischemic stroke,
ischemia,
Modified Duke Criteria,
endocarditis
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Cardiology,
Gastroenterology,
Rheumatology

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