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Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Persisting Misidentification of the “Elephant Man” Disease
Claire-Marie Legendre, Catherine Charpentier-Côté, Régen Drouin and Chantal Bouffard
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2011, 24 (1) 112-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100219
Claire-Marie Legendre
MSc
Catherine Charpentier-Côté
BSc
Régen Drouin
MD, PhD
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Persisting Misidentification of the “Elephant Man” Disease
Claire-Marie Legendre, Catherine Charpentier-Côté, Régen Drouin, Chantal Bouffard
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2011, 24 (1) 112-114; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100219
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