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Pericarditis as a rare complication of pneumococcal pneumonia in a young infant

Martial M. MassinDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD,
Sophie Guiti Malekzadeh-MilaniDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium.
, MD &
Hugues DessyDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium.
, MD
Pages 353-355 | Received 29 Jan 2010, Accepted 02 Feb 2010, Published online: 23 May 2017

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