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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2016;27(4):194-7
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Intracardiac thrombosis in a young female as first presentation of primary antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report
Stylianos T. Panopoulos, Maria G. Tektonidou
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First Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatologic Unit, Laikon Hospital and Joint Academic Rheumatology Programme of School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Keywords: primary antiphospholipid syndrome, cardiac thrombosis, treatment
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