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100 CASES

in Clinical Medicine

100 CASES

in Clinical Medicine

Second edition

P John Rees MD FRCP

Consultant Physician and Professor of Medical Education, King’s College London School of Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK

James Pattison DM FRCP

Consultant Nephrologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust,

London, UK

Gwyn Williams MD FRCP

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, King’s College London School of Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK

First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Arnold This second edition published in 2007 by

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ISBN-10 0 340 92659 7

ISBN-13 978 0 340 92659 8

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