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Extreme hypomagnesemia: underrecognized and underappreciated

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Da Tsai, M.W., Yang, C.Q. & Stark, C.M. Extreme hypomagnesemia: underrecognized and underappreciated. Intern Emerg Med 13, 1173–1174 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1931-x

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