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  "name": "Plantar fasciitis",
  "category": "chronic",
  "sources": "AAOS Clinical Practice Guideline on Plantar Fasciitis 2014 · Diclofenac sodium 50 mg delayed-release (gastro-resistant) tablets US prescribing information, DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION (DailyMed SetID a57b897e-0cbe-4ac3-969f-b00357a0cfa8) · Diclofenac topical gel SmPC section 4.2 (eMC) · Plantar Fasciitis - disease-level clinical article (plantar-fasciitis-full.txt)",
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