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The autonomic nervous system in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Kenneth J Collins
Kenneth J Collins*
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University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, St Pancras Hospital, London, UK
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Kenneth J Collins, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, St Pancras Hospital, St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PE, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 337 - 345
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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