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Family Screening for Brugada Syndrome in Asymptomatic Young Patients. Is it Better not to Know?

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  1. Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZ Brussels-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia & Pedro Brugada

  2. Pediatric Cardiology Department, St Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia

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Gonzalez Corcia, M.C., Brugada, P. Family Screening for Brugada Syndrome in Asymptomatic Young Patients. Is it Better not to Know?. Pediatr Cardiol 38, 1313–1314 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-017-1637-2

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