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Effects of protein A immunoadsorption in patients with advanced chronic dilated cardiomyopathy

✍ Scribed by Andreas O. Doesch; Mathias Konstandin; Sultan Celik; Arnt Kristen; Lutz Frankenstein; Stefan Hardt; Stefan Goeser; Ziya Kaya; Hugo A. Katus; Thomas J. Dengler

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 220 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 0733-2459
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20204

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