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Rehospitalization for heart failure in the elderly

Ehimwenma J. Ogbemudia and John Asekhame
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1144-1147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.15259
Ehimwenma J. Ogbemudia
From the Department of Medicine, University of Benin, Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
MBBS, FMCP (Nig)
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vol. 37 no. 10 1144-1147
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.15259
PubMed 
27652368

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 12, 2016
  • Accepted July 28, 2016
  • Published online October 1, 2016.

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  1. Ehimwenma J. Ogbemudia, MBBS, FMCP (Nig)⇑ and
  2. John Asekhame, MBBS, MWACP (Nig)
  1. From the Department of Medicine, University of Benin, Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Ehimwenma J. Ogbemudia, Department of Medicine, University of Benin, Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. E-mail: drjbasekhame{at}yahoo.com
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