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Review
. 2007 Nov;91(11):1422-4.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2007.118117.

What's in a name? Medication terms: what they mean and when to use them

Nicholas Wride  1 , Tracy Finch, Tim Rapley, Tiago Moreira, Carl May, Scott Fraser
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Review

What's in a name? Medication terms: what they mean and when to use them

Nicholas Wride et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 Nov.
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