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Infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser

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    Morta Lapkus

  2. Department of Pathology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, 300 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA

    Joseph A. Prahlow

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Lapkus, M., Prahlow, J.A. Infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug abuser. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 11, 609–613 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-015-9707-3

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