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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 29;22(1):23.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-1950-z.

Doctor-your septic patients have scurvy!

Paul E Marik  1 , Michael H Hooper  2
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Editorial

Doctor-your septic patients have scurvy!

Paul E Marik et al. Crit Care. .
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