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Comment
. 2016 Sep 6;188(12):901.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1150114.

A preventable teratology: isotretinoin

R Douglas Wilson  1
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Comment

A preventable teratology: isotretinoin

R Douglas Wilson. CMAJ. .
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