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Hyponatremia: a challenge for internists

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Abbreviations

n.v.:

Normal value

SIAD:

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis

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  1. Unità Operativa di Medicina Interna, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Marta Salvatori, Sonia Seghezzi, Francesca Minonzio & Maria Domenica Cappellini

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Unità Operativa di Endocrinologia e Diabetologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Elena Malchiodi & Giovanna Mantovani

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Unità Operativa di Medicina Interna, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Maria Domenica Cappellini

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Salvatori, M., Seghezzi, S., Malchiodi, E. et al. Hyponatremia: a challenge for internists. Intern Emerg Med 10, 973–976 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-015-1308-3

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