Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262 , December 2005

Substernal Chest Pain with an Abnormal Electrocardiogram in an Adolescent Male Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Gary L. Geis, MD
    • ,
  • Gregg DiGiulio, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Gary L. Geis, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., MLC 2008, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2005.09.007

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262 , December 2005

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