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Successful Treatment of Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis With Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra)

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  1. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Avda Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Marisol Camacho-Lovillo & Ana Méndez-Santos

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Camacho-Lovillo, M., Méndez-Santos, A. Successful Treatment of Idiopathic Recurrent Pericarditis With Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra). Pediatr Cardiol 34, 1293–1294 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-013-0663-y

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