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Successful treatment of cardiac manifestation of eosinophilic leukemia

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Alexander Hess, Grigorios Korosoglou, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Hugo A. Katus & Derliz Mereles

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Hess, A., Korosoglou, G., Rottbauer, W. et al. Successful treatment of cardiac manifestation of eosinophilic leukemia. Clin Res Cardiol 99, 409–410 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-010-0143-9

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