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Comment
. 2024 May;70(5):296-297.
doi: 10.46747/cfp.7005296_1.

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Guylène Thériault  1 , Donna L Reynolds  2 , Roland Grad  1 , James A Dickinson  3 , Harminder Singh  4 , Olga Szafran  5 , Viola Antao  2 , Neil R Bell  5
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Guylène Thériault et al. Can Fam Physician. 2024 May.
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