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Myocardial Deformation in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major: A Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Study

✍ Scribed by Yiu-fai Cheung; Xue-cun Liang; Godfrey Chi-fung Chan; Sophia Jessica Wong; Shau-yin Ha

Book ID: 109211178
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 285 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0742-2822
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01005.x

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