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. 2006 Oct 27;7(1):78. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2001.tb00144.x

History of Heart Block

“Stokes‐Adams Disease”

William Osler 1, Arthur J MOSS 1,✉
PMCID: PMC7027622

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