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Rapid Communication| Volume 6, ISSUE 4, P165-166, April 1997

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Atrial fibrillation and stroke

  • David G. Sherman
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to David G. Sherman, MD, Department of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78284-7883.
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    Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX., USA
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