Campylobacter jejuni-related cardiomyopathy: Unknown entity or yet underreported?

Int J Cardiol

Department of Cardiology, Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis, Campus Aalst, Belgium. Electronic address:

Published: November 2015

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