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Hypokalaemia in alcoholic patients

Moses Elisaf Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Evangelos Liberopoulos Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Eleni Bairaktari Laboratory of Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Kostas Siamopoulos Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Pages 73-76 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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