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14th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 2000
Jan. 29 - Feb. 5, 2000
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

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Viral myocarditis and sudden death

Marialuisa Valente, Cristina Basso, Fiorella Calabrese, Gaetano Thiene.
Department of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

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