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Löffler endocarditis without peripheral eosinophilia

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine 2 (Cardiology), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Gerald H. Wasmeier,  Dieter Ropers &  Werner G. Daniel

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Arno Dimmler

  3. Center of Cardiac Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Theodor Fischlein

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Wasmeier, G.H., Ropers, D., Dimmler, A. et al. Löffler endocarditis without peripheral eosinophilia. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 186–188 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0483-2

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