Body piercing and endocarditis in children

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Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, BT9 7AD, Belfast, Northern Ireland
JE Moore & BC Millar

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Moore, J., Millar, B. Body piercing and endocarditis in children. Ir J Med Sci 172, 214 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915296

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