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Ischaemic heart disease in elderly patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

DJ Stott  and
BO Williams
DJ Stott*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow Medical School, UK
BO Williams
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow Medical School, UK
*
David J Stott, Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University Department of Geriatric Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 21 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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