Head-up tilt test in complicated neurocardiogenic syncope in children

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Head-up tilt test in complicated neurocardiogenic syncope in children.

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science

سال: 1997

ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357

DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1997.12.1.44