Risk of permanent brain injury during syncope

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Paul Drinka. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Aug.

. 2009 Aug;57(8):1504; author reply 1504-5.

doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02370.x.

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