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Computerized Dynamic Posturography for Postural Control Assessment in Patients with Intermittent Claudication
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Computerized Dynamic Posturography for Postural Control Assessment in Patients with Intermittent Claudication

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A pilot study of ranolazine in patients with intermittent claudication

A Ma1, W T Garland, W B Smith

  • 1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

International Angiology : a Journal of the International Union of Angiology
|December 14, 2006
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