Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 54-58 , March 2007

Syncope and Sudden Death in the Athlete

  • Reginald Washington, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Reginald Washington, MD, Rocky Mountain Pediatric Cardiology, 10103 RidgeGate Parkway, Suite 107, Lone Tree, CO 80124.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2007.02.005

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 54-58 , March 2007

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