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Clinical Features - Review

Disease or adaptation: another look at the practice of medicine

Peter B. SoetersDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Peter W. De LeeuwDepartment of Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands;Department of Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Geleen/Heerlen, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 239-243 | Received 20 Sep 2017, Accepted 24 Jan 2018, Published online: 02 Feb 2018

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