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Attention, chocolate lovers: You may not be able to help yourselves. Swiss and British scientists have linked the widespread love of chocolate to a chemical "signature" that may be programmed into our metabolic systems.
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Pyogenic Pericarditis - Bacterial Pericarditis

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Author:Eric Berlin, MD
Date Written:
Editor:Smith, Elizabeth, BA
Edit Date:06/20/00
Reviewer:Adam Brochert, MD
Date Reviewed:05/04/01

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Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 1996

Merck Manual, 1999

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Braunwald, 1980