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Precordial T-wave inversion of “cardiac memory” pattern after high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy

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    Johanna Rottensteiner, Angelika Kaneppele, Ingrid Stockner, Georgio Panizza & Christian J. Wiedermann

  2. Division of Cardiology, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Lorenz Böhler Street 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

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Rottensteiner, J., Kaneppele, A., Stockner, I. et al. Precordial T-wave inversion of “cardiac memory” pattern after high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy. Intern Emerg Med 3, 375–378 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0121-7

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