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Copper Deficiency as Cause of Unexplained Hematologic and Neurologic Deficits in Patient with Prior Gastrointestinal Surgery
Joanne Wu, Mari Ricker and John Muench
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2006, 19 (2) 191-194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.2.191
Joanne Wu
MD, MPH
Mari Ricker
MD

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Vol. 19, Issue 2
March-April 2006
Copper Deficiency as Cause of Unexplained Hematologic and Neurologic Deficits in Patient with Prior Gastrointestinal Surgery
Joanne Wu, Mari Ricker, John Muench
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2006, 19 (2) 191-194; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.2.191
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