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. 2000 Dec;83(6):517–518. doi: 10.1136/adc.83.6.517

Acronymophilia: an update

D Isaacs 1, D Fitzgerald 1
PMCID: PMC1718581  PMID: 11087292

Abstract

The history, epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment of the epidemic infection, acronymophilia, a sinister scourge of modern medicine are described.



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