The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1007-1009 , November 2009

Not What She Had in Mind

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 Parwathi “Uma” Paniker, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None declared.

 Authorship: Both authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00686-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.08.003

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1007-1009 , November 2009

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