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Comment to the article “Standing tests lack reliability to diagnose all adolescents who have postural tachycardia syndrome”

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  1. Department of Neurology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA

    N. M. Robbins

  2. Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    A. Peltier

  3. Department of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    J. R. Baker

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Robbins, N.M., Peltier, A. & Baker, J.R. Comment to the article “Standing tests lack reliability to diagnose all adolescents who have postural tachycardia syndrome”. Clin Auton Res 34, 203–204 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-023-01007-y

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