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Fatal myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis induced by nivolumab during the treatment of type B3 thymoma

Qiang ChenDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7911-1763
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Dang-Sheng HuangDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China;
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Li-Wei ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China;
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Yuan-Qing LiDepartment of ICU, First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China;
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Hong-Wei WangDepartment of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China;
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Hong-bin LiuDepartment of Cardiology of South Building, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, P.R. ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 667-671 | Received 04 Aug 2017, Accepted 01 Nov 2017, Published online: 10 Nov 2017

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