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Do we need cardiac camps?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2007

Jonathan M. Parsons  and
Lynne Kendall
Jonathan M. Parsons*
Affiliation:
Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
Lynne Kendall
Affiliation:
Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: Dr Jonathan M. Parsons, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Yorkshire Heart Centre – E Floor, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George St, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 113 392 5748; Fax: +44 113 392 5784; E-mail: jonathan.parsons@leedsth.nhs.uk
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , December 2007 , pp. 589 - 591
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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