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Proton pump inhibitor-associated hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia
Christopher Morris1, Peter Pillans2
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane.
Australian Prescriber
|May 17, 2017
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