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Swallowing

An unusual cause of syncope

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  1. Anthony N. Kalloo MD

    Present address: Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

    Anthony N. Kalloo MD,  James H. Lewis MD, Kathleen Maher RN, GIA & Stanley B. Benjamin MD

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Kalloo, A.N., Lewis, J.H., Maher, K. et al. Swallowing. Digest Dis Sci 34, 1117–1120 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536384

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