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Respiratory failure due to pulmonary calcification in primary hyperparathyroidism
  1. B Poddar1,
  2. S Bharti1,
  3. V R Parmar1,
  4. R Sidhu2,
  5. S Chowdhary3,
  6. K L N Rao3
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India
  2. 2Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh
  3. 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr B Poddar, Reader, Department of Pediatrics, Govt Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh – 160 030, India;
    bananip{at}hotmail.com

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