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Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis

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    Carla Birkenbach, Ann Sophie Schröder & Jan Peter Sperhake

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Birkenbach, C., Schröder, A.S. & Sperhake, J.P. Sudden death due to pulmonary embolism in a patient with cardiac sarcoidosis. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 8, 466–469 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9353-y

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