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Premature myocardial infarction in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus

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    Nurşen Düzgün & Türkan Mete

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Düzgün, N., Mete, T. Premature myocardial infarction in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatol Int 27, 115–116 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0209-1

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