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. 1965 Nov;27(6):916–925. doi: 10.1136/hrt.27.6.916

Corticotrophin and corticosteroids in the management of acute and chronic heart block.

C P Aber, E W Jones
PMCID: PMC490122  PMID: 4285604

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