Syncope

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2008, Pages 247-263

  Gould, Paul A ^a   Klein, George J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Skanes, Allan C ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 66049131603     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(07)01714-9     Document Type: Review

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