Spurious laboratory values in diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperlipidemia
β Scribed by Kaminska, Elizabeth S.; Pourmotabbed, Ghassem
- Book ID
- 122070771
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 435 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8171
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