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Case Report

Severe Hypercalcemia as an Initial Presentation of Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Case Report

Ahmed Muhammad Bashir1 Internal Medicine Department, Mogadishu Somali Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abdirashid Hashi Mohamed1 Internal Medicine Department, Mogadishu Somali Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia
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Hawa Nuradin Mohamed1 Internal Medicine Department, Mogadishu Somali Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia
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Ismail Gedi Ibrahim2 Radiology Department, Mogadishu Somali Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, SomaliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-0017
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Pages 1577-1580 | Published online: 28 Apr 2022

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