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European Heart Journal 2002 23(20):1557-1559; doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3290
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The scourge of coronary disease in diabetic patients: will antibiotics sweeten the pill?

F. Delahaye, E. P. McFadden and G. de Gevigney

Hopital Cardiovasculaire et pneumologique, BP Lyon Montchat, Lyon Cedex. 3, France

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