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European Heart Journal 2000 21(18):1499-1501; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2277
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Editorial

Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor—friends of the infarcted heart?

K.C. Wollert and H. Drexler

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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