The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 315-330 , March 1948

Endocrine changes associated with Laennec's cirrhosis of the liver

  • Charles W. Lloyd, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • ,
  • Robert H. Williams, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 315-330 , March 1948

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