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Editorial
. 2021 Mar 16;10(6):e020542.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.020542. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Giant Cell Myocarditis: Actually, 2 Ends of the Same Disease?

David H Birnie  1 , Vidhya Nair  2 , John P Veinot  2
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Editorial

Cardiac Sarcoidosis and Giant Cell Myocarditis: Actually, 2 Ends of the Same Disease?

David H Birnie et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiac sarcoidosis; giant cell myocarditis.

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