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Immunoadsorption in a 40 year old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and underlying active myocarditis

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  1. Medizinische Klinik III, Klinik für Herzkreislauferkrankungen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Iris I. Müller MD, Meinrad P. Gawaz MD & Hans-Jörg Weig MD

  2. Abteilung Molekulare Pathologie, Eberhard-Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Karin Klingel MD

  3. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitaet Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

    Viacheslav O. Nikolaev PhD & R. Jahns MD

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Müller, I.I., Klingel, K., Nikolaev, V.O. et al. Immunoadsorption in a 40 year old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and underlying active myocarditis. Clin Res Cardiol 97, 787–790 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0689-y

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