Case 28-2019: A 22-Year-Old Woman with Dyspnea and Chest Pain

Ted M Kremer1, Mark E Lindsay1, T Bernard Kinane1

  • 1From the Department of Pediatrics, UMass Memorial Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (T.M.K.), the Departments of Pediatrics (M.E.L., T.B.K.), Radiology (B.P.L.), and Pathology (M.M.-K.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Pediatrics (M.E.L., T.B.K.), Radiology (B.P.L.), and Pathology (M.M.-K.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, and the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge (M.H.H.) - all in Massachusetts.

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