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Commotio cordis: Sudden death in a young Hockey player

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Pearce, P.Z. Commotio cordis: Sudden death in a young Hockey player. Curr Sports Med Rep 4, 157–159 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11932-005-0060-2

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