Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 48-51 , April 2008

Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in a Child

  • Shan-Miao Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Haw-Kwei Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Ren Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan

Received 11 January 2008 ,Revised 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(08)60012-1

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60012-1

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 48-51 , April 2008

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