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Symposium on Better Medicines for Children

Report from the 25th International Congress of Pediatrics, Athens, Greece

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Room 2D14, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 34V, Canada

    Jane G. Schaller

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

    Sverre O. Lie

  3. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Kalle Hoppu

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Schaller, J.G., Lie, S.O. & Hoppu, K. Symposium on Better Medicines for Children. Pediatr Drugs 9, 357–360 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2165/00148581-200709060-00002

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