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European Heart Journal 2001 22(3):198-200; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2513
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Editorial

The role of atrial septal abnormalities in cryptogenic stroke — still questionable?

A. Franke and P. Hanrath

Madizinische Klinik 1, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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