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  1. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Sharafaldeen Bin Nafisah, Clare Wallner & Erich Gregory

  2. King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Sharafaldeen Bin Nafisah

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Nafisah, S.B., Wallner, C. & Gregory, E. Prehospital ultrasound: a commentary. Can J Emerg Med 25, 794–795 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00551-w

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