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[Pharmacokinetic profile of a slow-release ketoprofen preparation]

B Flouvat, A Stheneur, P Massias

    La Semaine Des Hopitaux : Organe Fonde Par L'Association D'Enseignement Medical Des Hopitaux De Paris
    |December 12, 1983
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