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. 1958 May;11(3):237–243. doi: 10.1136/jcp.11.3.237

A CASE OF CUSHING'S SYNDROME WITH PIGMENTATION AND SEVERE HYPOKALAEMIC ALKALOSIS

A W B Edmunds 1, K C McKeown 1, P N Coleman 1
PMCID: PMC479756  PMID: 13539227

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