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. 2006 Dec 5;25(4):197–199. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960250413

Inge Edler: Father of echocardiography

Louis J Acierno 1,, L Timothy Worrell 1
PMCID: PMC6654569  PMID: 12000080

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