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Pulmonary infarction associated with Takayasu arteritis that initially manifested as refractory pneumonia
Toshiya Kariyasu1, Hidenori Yamaguchi1, Makiko Nishikawa1
1Department of Radiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center, 4-33-1 Kohoku, Adachi, Tokyo 123-8558, Japan.
European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
|May 26, 2022
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