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Twiddler’s syndrome in an adolescent patient with ICD during neurological and physical rehabilitation

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  1. Medical Clinic II, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstr. 76, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Joerg Herold MD, Michael Guenther MD, Ruth H. Strasser MD, PhD & Martin Braun MD, PhD

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Herold, J., Guenther, M., Strasser, R.H. et al. Twiddler’s syndrome in an adolescent patient with ICD during neurological and physical rehabilitation. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 137–139 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0737-7

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