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. 2003 Dec 13;327(7428):1406; author reply 1406.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7428.1406.

Prognosis for South Asian and white patients with heart failure in the United Kingdom: deprivation gradient in mortality should not be dismissed as artefactual

G Lyratzopoulos, R F Heller
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Prognosis for South Asian and white patients with heart failure in the United Kingdom: deprivation gradient in mortality should not be dismissed as artefactual

G Lyratzopoulos et al. BMJ. .
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