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Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young South African Indian-based Population: Patient Characteristics on Admission and Gender-specific Risk Factor Prevalence

N. Ranjith R. K. Khan Hospital, Durban, Republic of South AfricaCorrespondence8644;[email protected]
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N. K. Verho University of Vienna, Austria
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M. Verho Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, Bad Soden, Germany
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B. R. Winkelmann Cooperation Unit, Pharmacogenomics/Applied Genomics, Dept of Internal Medicine VI (Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology) and Coordination Center for Clinical Trials (KKS), University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Pages 242-248 | Published online: 26 Aug 2008

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