The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1013-1015 , November 2009

Sign of Three

  • Sandeep Chauhan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Sandeep Chauhan, MD, Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh 160030 India
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  • Ram Singh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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  • Harshabad Singh, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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  • Ravinder Kaur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India
    • ,
  • Girish M. Palleda, MD, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India

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 Michael A. Bettmann, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: There are no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00669-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.08.001

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1013-1015 , November 2009

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