Anion gap among patients of multiple myeloma and normal individuals.

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Published in Clin Biochem on November 01, 2006

Authors

Shireen Mansoor1, Imran Siddiqui, Salman Adil, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, Zafar Fatmi, Farooq Ghani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University and Hospital, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. shireen.mansoor@aku.edu

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