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Detectable Silent Calcification in a Regressed Coronary Artery Aneurysm of a Young Adult with a History of Kawasaki Disease

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    J. Muneuchi

  2. Division of Pediatrics, Kyushu Koseinenkin Hospital, 1-8-1, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    K. Joo & E. Morihana

  3. Division of Radiology, Kyushu Koseinenkin Hospital, 1-8-1, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    A. Mizushima

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Muneuchi, J., Joo, K., Morihana, E. et al. Detectable Silent Calcification in a Regressed Coronary Artery Aneurysm of a Young Adult with a History of Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 29, 195–197 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-007-9062-6

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