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  1. Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Ian Scott

  2. Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Ian Scott

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Ian Scott

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  1. Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ralph Junckerstorff

  2. Rheumatology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sharmayne Brady

  3. General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ar Kar Aung

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Scott, I. (2023). Investigation of Syncope. In: Junckerstorff, R., Brady, S., Aung, A.K. (eds) Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_38

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