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Left ventricular mass in Wegener’s granulomatosis: a brief report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2010

Sunita J. Ferns*
Affiliation:
Hope Children’s Hospital, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Nguyenvu V. Nguyen
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Hyde M. Russell
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Carl L. Backer
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: S. J. Ferns, MD, MRCPCH, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, IL 60613, USA. Tel: 001 312 545 4837; Fax: 001 773 880 8111; E-mail: sferns@childrensmemorial.org

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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