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A rare cause of cardiomyopathy: the systemic inflammation response syndrome (SIRS)
  1. HUBERTUS VON KORN,
  2. WERNER GÜNTHER DANIEL,
  3. UWE NIXDORFF
  1. hvonkorn@t-online.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.86.4.362

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