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The prevalence of hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy

A retrospective study based at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Fatma K. Althoubaity, Sultan A. Almusallam, Abdullah S. Alghorair, Faisal S. AlQahtani, Omar M. Khotani, Naif F. Bamakhish and Ammar D. Alzriri
Saudi Medical Journal April 2020, 41 (4) 431-434; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.4.25045
Fatma K. Althoubaity
From the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sultan A. Almusallam
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Abdullah S. Alghorair
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Faisal S. AlQahtani
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Omar M. Khotani
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Naif F. Bamakhish
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Ammar D. Alzriri
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Fatma K. Althoubaity, Sultan A. Almusallam, Abdullah S. Alghorair, Faisal S. AlQahtani, Omar M. Khotani, Naif F. Bamakhish, Ammar D. Alzriri
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2020, 41 (4) 431-434; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.4.25045

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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2020, 41 (4) 431-434; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.4.25045
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