Commonly used, easily confused: let's eliminate hyper and hypo.

Adam Frankel; Phillip Vecchio

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Commonly used, easily confused: let's eliminate hyper and hypo.

November 10, 2010

Frankel A, Vecchio P. BMJ. 2010;341:c5867.

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This commentary discusses how soundalike terms can contribute to error.

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