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Acta Clinica Belgica
International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
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Case Report

A special case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a differential diagnosis of isolated cardiac amyloidosis or junctophilin type 2 associated cardiomyopathy

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