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Review article: Biomedical intelligence

Vol. 143 No. 4344 (2013)

Update on evidence for treatment with ranolazine in stable angina

  • Federico Carbone
  • Fabrizio Montecucco
  • François Mach
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2013.13874
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Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13874
Published
20.10.2013

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