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Commotio Cordis in a 17-Year-Old Baseball Catcher

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  1. Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    David Berkson

  2. Sports Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, USA

    Hayley Queller

  3. Family Medicine, Crozer Keystone Health System, Upland, USA

    Nathan Holmes & Dug Su Yun

  4. Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, USA

    Bradley Sandella & Thomas Sargent

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Berkson, D., Queller, H., Holmes, N. et al. Commotio Cordis in a 17-Year-Old Baseball Catcher. Pediatr Cardiol 31, 689–692 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-009-9633-9

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