Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , February 2008

Clinical presentation and investigation of cardiac tumors

  • Claudine M. Lewis, MBBS, DM (Internal Medicine)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Claudine M. Lewis, MBBS, DM (Internal Medicine), University Of Toronto, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Suite 1543, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X5.

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PII: S0740-2570(07)00133-5

doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.12.003

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 65-68 , February 2008

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