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. 2000 Dec;84(6):668–669. doi: 10.1136/heart.84.6.668

Interleukin 18 in acute myocardial infarction

Y SETA 1, T KANDA 1, T TANAKA 1, M ARAI 1, K SEKIGUCHI 1, T YOKOYAMA 1, M KURIMOTO 1, J TAMURA 1, M KURABAYASHI 1
PMCID: PMC1729510  PMID: 11083751

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