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Dr. Nelson is not engaged in providing medical or professional services via this website except to his own, established patients who are currently under care for the problem they are viewing on the website. Dr. Nelson assumes no responsibility for the use of this site by non-patients, or for medical decisions made without consultation with a qualified health professional. While this website is updated frequently, any one page may be out of date and any information may be out of date. All material is dated as to when it was last updated. Visiting this website is not intended to create, nor does it create, a doctor-patient relationship.
Physicians may use any of this material for their own websites without charge, either by downloading it or linking to it. No claim is made to ownership of any information or graphics listed; however, I have written virtually all of the material and created or modified virtually all of the graphic material. I have noted authorship of material written by others. I would appreciate an email (Click here for my email address) letting me know you are using material; please specify what material you are downloading or linking to, and where you are placing the material or links.
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