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Cardiac fibroma presenting as sudden unexpected death in an adolescent

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    Benjamin Cronin, Matthew J. Lynch & Sarah Parsons

  2. Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC, 3006, Australia

    Benjamin Cronin, Matthew J. Lynch & Sarah Parsons

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Cronin, B., Lynch, M.J. & Parsons, S. Cardiac fibroma presenting as sudden unexpected death in an adolescent. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 10, 647–650 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9582-3

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