Atrium Septal Pouch: An Anatomic Variant of the Interatrial Septum.
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SUBMITTER: de Almeida Gripp E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7581637 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Atrium Septal Pouch: An Anatomic Variant of the Interatrial Septum.
de Almeida Gripp Eliza E de Freitas Portela Ana Carolina AC Rabischoffsky Rafael R Rabischoffsky Daniel D de Oliveira Vaz Louise Ribeiro LR de Carvalho Silva Leonardo L Rabischoffsky Arnaldo A
CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 20200706 5
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