Severe Case of Hypermagnesemia Caused by Ingesting Magnesium Containing Fertilizer
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Lee, Ka-young
(Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital)
Yu, Jin-young (Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) Cho, Nam-Jun (Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) Park, Samel (Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) Lee, Eun-young (Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) Gil, Hyo-Wook (Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) |
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