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Elucidation of digital clubbing may help in understanding the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Manuel Martínez-Lavín
Manuel Martínez-Lavín
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan14080 México D.F., México
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 228 - 230
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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