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Ventricular septal defect: (not) another epidemic?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

David F. Dickinson
David F. Dickinson*
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Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
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David F. Dickinson, Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary (Efloor), Great George Street, Leeds LSI 3EX, UK. Tel: 0113 432799; Fax: 0113 392 5784
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 423 - 424
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