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. 2025 Feb;49(2):313-315.
doi: 10.1002/wjs.12460. Epub 2024 Dec 18.

Challenges of instant messaging services for patient care in Brazil

Julia Adriana Kasmirski  1   2 , Madhushree Zope  1 , Lily Gutnik  1 , Mario Warde  2
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Challenges of instant messaging services for patient care in Brazil

Julia Adriana Kasmirski et al. World J Surg. 2025 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: global surgery.

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