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For Readers
We may look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure but in reality, it is an imperfect science that involves constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, and fallible individuals. Although, every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, Epomedicine assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the information contained in the website or its social networks.
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