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In defense of the arterial ketone body ratio
Toshiji Saibara MD,
Professor Seiji Kawasaki MD,
Toshiji Saibara MD
First Department of Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Seiji Kawasaki MD
Surgeon-in-Chief First, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorToshiji Saibara MD,
Professor Seiji Kawasaki MD,
Toshiji Saibara MD
First Department of Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Seiji Kawasaki MD
Surgeon-in-Chief First, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: September 1995
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