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Guidelines for implementation of clinical studies on surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (2007)

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    Yoshio Takesue, Hiroshige Mikamo, Soichi Arakawa, Kenji Suzuki, Haruo Sakamoto, Takashi Okubo, Junzo Shimizu & Takashi Yokoyama

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Takesue, Y., Mikamo, H., Arakawa, S. et al. Guidelines for implementation of clinical studies on surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (2007). J Infect Chemother 14, 172–177 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-008-0588-1

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