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Øyvind Heiberg Sundby, Lars Øivind Høiseth, Iacob Mathiesen, Harald Weedon-Fekjær, Jon O. Sundhagen, Jonny Hisdal
The acute effects of lower limb intermittent negative pressure on foot macro- and microcirculation in patients with peripheral arterial disease
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