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. 1988 Sep;149(3):334–338.

Echocardiographically silent Aspergillus mural endocarditis.

D M Lang, J C Leisen, J P Elliott, J W Lewis Jr, D J Wendt, E L Quinn
PMCID: PMC1026429  PMID: 3176493

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