Long-acting synthetic corticotrophin in dermatology.
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effects, as Beaconsfield and his colleagues' maintain, surely the kind of evaluation of them which is required is different from that which we read about ? What is the type of testing for drugs taken in the long term that they have mentioned ?3 Has it been spelt out anywhere and I have missed it ? If new testing is required, whose responsibility is it to see that it is done ? And in which way can this help to improve the present pill ? I am, etc., R. GRENVILLE-MATHERS. Pinner, Middx.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 4 5624 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968