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. 2017 Jun 12;189(23):E805-E806.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.161354.

Translating futility

Paulina Kyriakopoulos  1 , Mark Fedyk  2 , Michel Shamy  1
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Translating futility

Paulina Kyriakopoulos et al. CMAJ. .
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