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[Agenesis of the left pericardium: report of a case]

A Ferrante1, C Pedi, S Cusumano

  • 1Servizio di Cardiologia, Ospedale Gravina, Caltagirone.

Giornale Italiano Di Cardiologia
|September 1, 1994
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