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. 2013 Dec;59(12):1257-8, 1263-4.

Clinical vignettes to help you deprescribe medications in elderly patients: Introduction to the polypharmacy case series

Barbara Farrell  1 , Salima Shamji, Anne Monahan, Véronique French Merkley
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Clinical vignettes to help you deprescribe medications in elderly patients: Introduction to the polypharmacy case series

Barbara Farrell et al. Can Fam Physician. 2013 Dec.
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