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. 1996 May;75(5):429–430. doi: 10.1136/hrt.75.5.429

Thalamic mechanisms of chest pain in the absence of cardiac pathology.

F A Lenz, P M Dougherty, T A Traill
PMCID: PMC484332  PMID: 8665328

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