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Volume 145, Issue 2 , Page 383 , 19 November 2010

Letter regarding the article “Transradial access compared with femoral puncture closure devices in percutaneous coronary procedures”: An underestimated revolution

Received 24 January 2010 ,Accepted 14 February 2010.

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