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. 1993 Dec 11;307(6918):1559–1560. doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6918.1559-c

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract. Benefit remains unproved.

M J Bonten, C A Gaillard, S van der Geest
PMCID: PMC1679580  PMID: 8274931

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