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. 1994 Sep;72(3):216–217. doi: 10.1136/hrt.72.3.216

Head-up tilt testing. The balance of evidence.

A D Hargreaves, O el Hag, N A Boon
PMCID: PMC1025502  PMID: 7946767

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