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European Heart Journal 2001 22(5):356-363; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2461
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The Brugada syndrome: diagnostic criteria and cellular mechanisms

C Antzelevitch

Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York, U.S.A.

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