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Metadata
Title
Orthostatic hypotension among elderly patients in Italian internal medicine wards: an observational study—comment
Authors
Hatice Bolek
Ertugrul Cagri Bolek
Publication date
01-10-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 7/2020
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02441-w

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