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Correspondence

General practitioners should provide the cardiorespiratory rehabilitation’ ‘minimum advice’ for long COVID-19 patients

Wafa Benzartia Department of Pneumology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaView further author information
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Emna Toulguib Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaView further author information
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Christian Prefautc Department of Clinical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, FranceView further author information
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Karim Chamarid Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Doha, QatarORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9178-7678View further author information
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Helmi Ben Saade Heart Failure (LR12SP09) Research Laboratory, University of Sousse, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2009101 | Received 05 Nov 2021, Accepted 17 Nov 2021, Published online: 29 Nov 2021

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