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Vincent Marks Thomas Cantor Dusan Mesko Rudolf Pullmann Gabriela Nosalova
Differential Diagnosis by Laboratory Medicine A Quick Reference for Physicians Editor-in-Chief: Dusan Mesko With a Foreword by Alexander Schirger
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Differential diagnosis by laboratory medicine : a quick reference for physicans / editor-in-chief, Vincent Marks ; Thomas Cantor; Dusan Mesko ... [et al.] (eds.). p.; cm ISBN 978-3-642-62765-1 ISBN 978-3-642-55600-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-55600-5 1. Diagnosis, Laboratory-Handbooks, manuals etc. 2. Diagnosis, Differential-Handbooks, manuals etc. I. Mesko, Dusan, 1956- II. Marks,Vincent. [DNLM: Diagnosis, Differential-Handbooks. 2. Laboratory Techniques and Procedures-Handbooks. WB 39 D569 2002] RB38.2 .D545 2002 616.07'56-dc21
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List of Contributors
Thomas Cantor, BA SCANTIBODIES Laboratory, Inc. 9336 Abraham Way Santee CA 92071 USA Prof. Vincent Marks, BA, BCh, MA,DM,FRCP Oriel House Derby Road Haslemere Surrey GU27 IBP United Kingdom Prof. Dusan Mesko, M.D., Ph.D. Clinic of Sports Medicine University Hospital Kollarova 2 036 59 Martin Slovak Republic
Prof. Gabriela Nosalova, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology Comenius University Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Sklabinska 26 03753 Martin Slovak Republic Prof. Rudolf Pullmann, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry University Hospital Kollarova 2 036 59 Martin Slovak Republic Prof. Alexander Schirger, M.D., Ph.D. Mayo Clinic Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine Unit 200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 5
