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An infant with hypercalcemia and rachitic changes

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Siddique, K., Lucke, A., Seikaly, M. et al. An infant with hypercalcemia and rachitic changes. Pediatr Nephrol 28, 247–249 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-012-2202-0

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