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USAGE of megestrol acetate in the treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome in the elderly

✍ Scribed by S. -S. Yeh; S. Lovitt; M. W. Schuster

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 166 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1279-7707
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0082-1

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