Head-up Tilt Testing. The Balance of Evidence

Overview

Journal Br Heart J

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 1994 Sep 1

PMID 7946767

Citations 3

Authors

A D Hargreaves

O El Hag

N A Boon

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