Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2016; 141(12): 846
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-107453
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Herzinfarkt nach Rituximab: Zusammenhang nicht ausgeschlossen

Association not impossible
Andreas Kronbichler
1   Klinik für Innere Medizin IV (Nephrologie und Hypertensiologie), Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Österreich
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Publication History

Publication Date:
15 June 2016 (online)

 
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