Selenium Deficiency and Fatal Cardiomyopathy in a Patient on Home Parenteral Nutrition

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology

سال: 1982

ISSN: 0016-5085

DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(82)80208-4