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Multicenter Study
. 2005 Dec;91(12):1601-2.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.046920.

Recent respiratory infection and the risk of myocardial infarction

T C Clayton, N E Capps, N G Stephens, J A Wedzicha, T W Meade
Multicenter Study

Recent respiratory infection and the risk of myocardial infarction

T C Clayton et al. Heart. 2005 Dec.
No abstract available

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