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Mar 2024
22m 33s

86 - Enlarging Alcohol

THE CURIOUS CLINICIANS
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The Curious Clinicians are on tap to ask, why does chronic alcohol use cause macrocytosis?

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Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).

Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer. 

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