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An Academic Family Physician’s Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Experience

William Hui
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2025, 38 (6) 949-954; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240379R1
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