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Fulminant myocarditis with dramatic response to corticoids

Mickaël MoreelsDepartment of Cardiology, Belgium.
, MD,
Marie-Luce DelforgeVirology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
, MD, PhD &
Marc RenardDepartment of Cardiology, Belgium.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD
Pages 97-99 | Received 08 Aug 2009, Accepted 04 Nov 2009, Published online: 23 May 2017

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