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Cellulitis: getting it right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

James Ducharme*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University; Department of Emergency Medicine, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Saint John, NB
*
Dalhousie University, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, 400 University Ave., Saint John NB E2L 4L2; 506 648-6940

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2005

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