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  1. Clinica Medica, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, c/o 2a Medicina Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazza Spedali Civili 1, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    Enzo Porteri, Nicola Rizzardi, Damiano Rizzoni, Andrea Salvi, Carolina De Ciuceis, Gianluca E. M. Boari, Caterina Platto, Silvia Paiardi & Enrico Agabiti Rosei

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Brescia/Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

    Davide Farina & Almajdalawi Raed

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Porteri, E., Rizzardi, N., Rizzoni, D. et al. A strange chest pain after dental surgery. Intern Emerg Med 3, 123–126 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0143-1

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