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Isolated eosinophilic coronary arteritis
  1. Vincenzo Arena1,
  2. Luca Valerio1,
  3. Elisa Arena2,
  4. Fabio De-Giorgio2,
  5. Egidio Stigliano1,
  6. Giovanni Monego3,
  7. Arnaldo Capelli1
  1. 1Institute of Pathology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  2. 2Institute of Legal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  3. 3Institute of Anatomy, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Vincenzo Arena, Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, L.go F.Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy; vincenzo.arena{at}rm.unicatt.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2009.074450

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