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Syndrome X: does it exist?

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Leiden, P.O. Box 9600, NL-2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands

    E. H. G. Venneker

  2. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Leiden, P.O. Box 9600, 2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands

    E. E. van der Wall

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Venneker, E.H.G., van der Wall, E.E. Syndrome X: does it exist?. Eur J Nucl Med 21, 95–97 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00175753

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