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Commentary

Current trends in medical English education and the Japan College of Rheumatology International School

Eric Hajime JegoCenter for Institutional Research and Medical Education, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Olga AmengualDivision of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Pages 1101-1105 | Received 21 Oct 2016, Accepted 12 Mar 2017, Published online: 11 Apr 2017

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