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Awareness of hypercalcaemia in a hospital population?

A. FrølichMineral Metabolic Research Group and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Herlev County Hospital, Herlev and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Division of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
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P. McNairMineral Metabolic Research Group and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Herlev County Hospital, Herlev and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Division of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
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I. TransbølMineral Metabolic Research Group and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Herlev County Hospital, Herlev and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Division of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark
Pages 37-41 | Received 19 Dec 1989, Accepted 27 Jul 1990, Published online: 26 Feb 2018

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