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01-08-2006 | LETTER TO THE EDITORS

Evolution and fear-fainting

Authors: H. Stefan Bracha, MD, O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD, Donald A. Person, MD, COL, MC

Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 4/2006

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Title: Evolution and fear-fainting
Authors: H. Stefan Bracha, MD
O. Joseph Bienvenu, MD, PhD
Donald A. Person, MD, COL, MC
Publication date: 01-08-2006
Publisher: Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-006-0359-y

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