General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 374-376 , September 2005

Hypercalcemic delirium associated with hyperparathyroidism and a vitamin D analog

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00041-1

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.03.005

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 374-376 , September 2005

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