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Case Reports

Diagnosis and immunosuppressive treatment of inflammatory cardiomyopathy: a case report

L. Naesensa Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Penickab Department of Cardiology, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, Belgium
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W. Heggermontb Department of Cardiology, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, Belgium;c Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-2223
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Pages 415-419 | Published online: 01 Apr 2020

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