LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Primary cardiac involvement of anti-phospholipid syndrome misdiagnosed as infective endocarditis
Submission date: 2017-03-11
Acceptance date: 2017-06-12
Publication date: 2017-06-30
Arch Med Sci Civil Dis 2017;2(1):89-91
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