Epidemiologic Aspects of Transient Loss of Consciousness/Syncope

Syncope and Transient Loss of Consciousness: Multidisciplinary Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 8-14

  Sheldon, Robert S ^a   Serletis, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Epidemiologic aspects; Lethal causes; Syncope; Transient loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889356280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692639.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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