Concomitant disappearance of electrocardiographic abnormalities and of acquired maternal autoantibodies during the first year of life in infants who had QT interval prolongation and anti-SSA/Ro positivity without congenital heart block at birth
Rolando Cimaz MD
Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPier Luigi Meroni MD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorVlasta Fesstovà MD
Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaola Panzeri PhD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorKarine Goulene MD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMarco Stramba-Badiale MD, PhD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRolando Cimaz MD
Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPier Luigi Meroni MD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorVlasta Fesstovà MD
Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaola Panzeri PhD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorKarine Goulene MD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorMarco Stramba-Badiale MD, PhD
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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