1: Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School
2: Cardiology Department, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2016
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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2016;27(3):102-7
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Evolution and management of late onset cardiac involvement in a contemporary systemic sclerosis cohort
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