Lyme carditis: a United Kingdom perspective.
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Update on Lyme Carditis, Groups at High Risk, and Frequency of Associated Sudden Cardiac Death — United States
On December 13, 2013, MMWR published a report describing three cases of sudden cardiac death associated with Lyme carditis. State public health departments and CDC conducted a follow-up investigation to determine 1) whether carditis was disproportionately common among certain demographic groups of patients diagnosed with Lyme disease, 2) the frequency of death among patients diagnosed with Lyme...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 70 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993