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. 2021 Aug;16(8):499-501.
doi: 10.12788/jhm.3619.

Things We Do for No Reason™: Calculating a "Corrected Calcium" Level

Colin M Kenny  1 , Caroline E Murphy  1 , Dacia S Boyce  1 , Deptmer M Ashley  1 , Jay Jahanmir  2
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Things We Do for No Reason™: Calculating a "Corrected Calcium" Level

Colin M Kenny et al. J Hosp Med. 2021 Aug.
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