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Prolapsing mitral valve with mucinous degeneration. A possible relation to the syndrome of midsystolic click and late systolic murmur.

L H Cohn, H N Hultgren, W W Angell, T M Grehl, J C Kosek
PMCID: PMC1454975  PMID: 4685945

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