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Published in Lakartidningen on May 03, 2010

Authors

Anders G Olsson1, Finn Bengtsson, Annika Rosengren, Per Tornvall

Author Affiliations

1: institutionen för medicin och hälsa, Hälsouniversitetet, Linköping och Stockholm Heart Center, Stockholm. anders.olsson@liu.se

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