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Warning Symptoms and Family History in Children and Young Adults with Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Jonathan A. Drezner, Jessie Fudge, Kimberly G. Harmon, Stuart Berger, Robert M. Campbell and Victoria L. Vetter
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2012, 25 (4) 408-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.04.110225
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