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Swedish sports medicine is alive and well!
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  1. Mats Börjesson1,2,
  2. Jon Karlsson3
  1. 1Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital
  3. 3Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
  1. Correspondence to Professor Mats Börjesson, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm 114 86, Sweden; mats.brjesson{at}telia.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2014-094099

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