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High-Dose Fentanyl Patch for Cancer Pain
Sasson Menahem and Pesach Shvartzman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice September 2004, 17 (5) 388-390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.5.388

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High-Dose Fentanyl Patch for Cancer Pain
Sasson Menahem, Pesach Shvartzman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Sep 2004, 17 (5) 388-390; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.5.388
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