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LETTER
Hypernatraemia in the first few days: a tragic case
  1. P D Macdonald1,
  2. Louise Grant2,
  3. S R M Ross2
  1. 1Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; peter.macdonald@sgh.scot.nhs.uk
  2. 2Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK

    https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.88.4.F350

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