Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 194-199 , December 2005

Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

  • Kelly W. Shirley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, A.I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
    • ,
  • Terry A. Adirim, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Terry A. Adirim, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2005.09.002

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 194-199 , December 2005

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