A Case of the Cardio-auditory Syndrome (long QT Interval and Profound Deafness) Diagnosed in the Perinatal Period and Kept Under Surveillance for Two Years

Overview

Journal Ulster Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1978 Jan 1

PMID 726149

Authors

P Froggatt

A A Adgey

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