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Research Article

Septicaemia with Neisseria elongata ssp. Nitroreducens in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathia

Tor Hofstad, Ottar Hope, Enevold Falsen
Pages 200-201 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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