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Journal of Primary Health Care Journal of Primary Health Care Society
Journal of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Pulsus trigeminy and electrolyte derangements: a forgotten primary care presentation

Samuel S. Y. Wang 1 , George Wen-Gin Tang 2 , George Williams 3
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1 The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Wales Clinical School, NSW, Australia

2 The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, NSW, Australia

3 St George Private Hospital, Visiting Medical Officer, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Correspondence to: George Wen-Gin Tang, G/F, 10 Park Road, Hurstville, NSW 2220, Australia. Email: georgetang@optusnet.com.au

Journal of Primary Health Care 10(4) 348-351 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC18052
Published: 19 December 2018

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2018.
This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.


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