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. 1960 Dec;35(184):620–625. doi: 10.1136/adc.35.184.620

A Case of Severe Hypercalcaemia of Infancy with an Account of the Neuropathological Findings

L Crome, Peter E Sylvester
PMCID: PMC2012650  PMID: 13696538

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