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Desmopressin for Nocturnal Enuresis in Children

Colin Lucas Smith, DO
James Halsted Park, MD

American Family Physician. 2026;113(6):532-533.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

COLIN LUCAS SMITH, DO, and JAMES HALSTED PARK, MD, US Naval Hospital Jacksonville—Family Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida

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