A Case of Swallow Syncope Associated With Cold Beverage Ingestion
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Kim, Chung-Hun
(Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Ko, Sung-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Nam-Jun (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Park, Sun-Mi (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Ga-Yeon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cho, Jin-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, June-Soo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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