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Should a medical digital twin be viewed as an extension of the patient's body?
- Correspondence to Dr Sven Nyholm, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3512 BL, The Netherlands; s.r.nyholm{at}uu.nl
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Should a medical digital twin be viewed as an extension of the patient's body?
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- Received April 1, 2021
- Accepted April 9, 2021
- First published May 7, 2021.
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June 21, 2021
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