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Benign cardiac tumor in a patient with lung malignancy

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Fotini Dodos,  Thorsten Schneider &  Uta Hoppe

  2. Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Jochen W. U. Fries

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Dodos, F., Schneider, T., Fries, J.W.U. et al. Benign cardiac tumor in a patient with lung malignancy. Clin Res Cardiol 96, 628–631 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-007-0549-1

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