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Mohsen Shafiei1, Peter Galettis2, Philip Beale1

  • 1Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2137, Australia.

The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
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capecitabinemicrosamplingpharmacokineticstherapeutic drug monitoring

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