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Risk stratification of patients with syncope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

James Quinn
James Quinn*
Affiliation:
Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
*
Stanford Hospital and Clinics, 701 Welch Rd., Suite C103, Palo Alto CA 94304; quinnj@stanford.edu

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Commentary • Commentaire
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 174 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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