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Thomas Reinhold, Evangelos Giannitsis, Martin Möckel, Lutz Frankenstein, Mehrshad Vafaie, Jörn O. Vollert, Anna Slagman
Cost analysis of early discharge using combined copeptin/cardiac troponin testing versus serial cardiac troponin testing in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome
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