Prevalence and triggers of syncope in medical students.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on April 15, 2003

Authors

Karin S Ganzeboom1, Nancy Colman, Johannes B Reitsma, Win K Shen, Wouter Wieling

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine F4-221, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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