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Long term diuretics over-prescribed in elderly patients with CHF?

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Long term diuretics over-prescribed in elderly patients with CHF?. Drugs Ther. Perspect 17, 13–14 (2001). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-200117140-00004

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