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{{Medical citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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{{Medical citation needed span}} − functions exactly the same way as this template, except it highlights the text that needs a reference. E.g., this text is an unsourced biomedical claim.^{[medical citation needed]}
{{More medical citations needed}} – adds a banner to the article: "This article needs more medical references for verification or ..."
{{Unreliable medical source}} – adds: ^{[unreliable medical source?]}
{{RSPlease}} – a note for user talk pages with links to WP:MEDRS

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Vickers, Tim and Eubulides (30 June 2008). "Dispatches: Sources in biology and medicine"". The Wikipedia Signpost.
Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)
- Wikipedia:Biomedical information
Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (science)
Wikipedia:Reliable source examples § Physical sciences and medicine
Wikipedia:Current science and technology sources
Wikipedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine)
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles
Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Resources, external resources useful for writing medicine related content

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