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Cardiac single photon emission computerized tomography: the critical period

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    John B. Gill, Richard H. Moore, D. Douglas Miller, Nagara Tamaki, Terrence Ruddy, Martha Barlai-Kovach, Charles A. Boucher & H. William Strauss

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Gill, J.B., Moore, R.H., Miller, D.D. et al. Cardiac single photon emission computerized tomography: the critical period. Int J Cardiac Imag 1, 127–142 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01884102

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