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A rare case of hypalbuminaemic oedema
  1. M Merger1,
  2. T Andus1,*,
  3. K Schlottmann1,
  4. A Timmer1,
  5. J Schölmerich1,
  6. H Messmann1,,
  7. J Marienhagen2,
  8. P Rümmle3,
  9. C Krolak4
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Germany
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany
  3. 3Department of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Germany
  4. 4Department of Radiology, University of Munich, Klinikum Innenstadt, Munich, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr M Merger
    Department of Internal Medicine, Medizinische Poliklinik, University of Würzburg, Klinikstraße 6-8, 97070 Würzburg, Germany; merger-monlinehome.de

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  • * Current addresses: Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Gastroen-terologie, Hepatologie und Onkologie, Prießnitzerweg 24, 70374 Stuttgart, Germany;

  • III Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg, 86009 Augsburg, Germany

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