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  1. Department of Pediatrics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

    Kam Lun E. Hon & Ting Fan Leung

  2. School of Pharmacy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Vivian Wing Yan Lee

  3. Department of Pediatrics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6/F, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

    Kam Lun E. Hon

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Hon, K.L.E., Lee, V.W.Y. & Leung, T.F. Stop tarnishing steroid and Chinese medicine. World J Pediatr 12, 133–134 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-015-0053-z

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