MeSH Review:
Electric Countershock
Hayashi,
Tanaka,
Kato,
Morita,
Sato,
Yasutake,
Kobayashi,
Takano,
Schwartzman,
Musley,
Koehler,
Warman,
Date,
Takahashi,
Iesaka,
Miyazaki,
Yamane,
Noma,
Nuruiki,
Ishikawa,
Kanae,
Mochizuki,
Santini,
Pignalberi,
Ricci,
Calò,
Santini,
Klein,
Grimm,
Murray,
Apperson-Hansen,
Asinger,
Black,
Davidoff,
Erbel,
Halperin,
Orsinelli,
Porter,
Stoddard,
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