Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 223-226 , February 2003

“Suffocation roulette”: A case of recurrent syncope in an adolescent boy

Received 24 July 2002 ,Revised 26 August 2002 ,Accepted 5 September 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Gil Z. Shlamovitz, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel; E-mail gilshla@netvision.net.il.

PII: S0196-0644(02)84972-1

doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.49

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 223-226 , February 2003

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