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. 1965 Mar;27(2):269–273. doi: 10.1136/hrt.27.2.269

UNUSUAL GIANT CELL LESIONS IN BIOPSY SPECIMENS OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGES IN MITRAL STENOSIS

E M Husband 1, R Lannigan 1
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