Azithromycin for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease events: the WIZARD study: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on September 17, 2003

Authors

Christopher M O'Connor1, Michael W Dunne, Marc A Pfeffer, Joseph B Muhlestein, Louis Yao, Sandeep Gupta, Rebecca J Benner, Marian R Fisher, Thomas D Cook, Investigators in the WIZARD Study

Author Affiliations

1: Duke University, Durham NC, USA.

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