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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;12(2):e002439.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.118.002439.

Medical Misinformation

Joseph A Hill  1 , Stefan Agewall  2 , Adrian Baranchuk  3 , George W Booz  4 , Jeffrey S Borer  5 , Paolo G Camici  6 , Peng-Sheng Chen  7 , Anna F Dominiczak  8 , Çetin Erol  9 , Cindy L Grines  10 , Robert Gropler  11 , Tomasz J Guzik  12 , Markus K Heinemann  13 , Ami E Iskandrian  14 , Bradley P Knight  15 , Barry London  16 , Thomas F Lüscher  17 , Marco Metra  18 , Kiran Musunuru  19 , Brahmajee K Nallamothu  20 , Andrea Natale  21 , Sanjeev Saksena  21 , Michael H Picard  22 , Sunil V Rao  23 , Willem J Remme  24 , Robert S Rosenson  24 , Nancy K Sweitzer  25 , Adam Timmis  26 , Christiaan Vrints  27
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Editorial

Medical Misinformation

Joseph A Hill et al. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2019 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiovascular diseases; communication; information dissemination; social media; vaccination.

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