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In reply to “inpatient folate testing at an academic cancer center: single-year experience”

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  1. Department of Quality and Safety, New York City Health and Hospitals, New York, NY, USA

    Sigal Israilov, Irina Dimitrova & Hyung J. Cho

  2. Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Sigal Israilov

  3. Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Irina Dimitrova

  4. Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Hyung J. Cho

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Israilov, S., Dimitrova, I. & Cho, H.J. In reply to “inpatient folate testing at an academic cancer center: single-year experience”. Support Care Cancer 28, 5051–5052 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05418-9

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