how do you abbreviate Pharm D?
Posted By: all thunk out on 2008-09-17
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Subject: how do you abbreviate Pharm D?
periods or no periods, dash or no dash? My account is verbatim and abbreviations must be typed as written, not expanded.
Any suggestions?
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