The development of hypercalcemia in a patient with an ovarian tumor producing parathyroid hormone-related protein
β Scribed by Toshinori Fujino; Tomoko Watanabe; Ken Yamaguchi; Koichi Nagasaki; Eishi Onishi; Ichiro Iwamoto; Haruhiko Dozono; Yukihiro Nagata
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 609 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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