Appropriate Surgical Treatment of Lithium-Associated Hyperparathyroidism
โ Scribed by Evie Carchman; Jennifer Ogilvie; Jennifer Holst; John Yim; Sally Carty
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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