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Successful hospitalization of patients with no discernible pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Grant Innes
Grant Innes*
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC; CJEM
*
[email protected]

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Type
Humour and Humanity • Humour et Humanité
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 47 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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