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Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation written by Andrew Provan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another successful addition to the Oxford Handbook series this clearly written pocket guide covers important clinical investigations and their interpretation in all aspects of internal medicine. The book includes a synopsis of most of the investigative techniques used in modern practice and brings together different specialties - haematology, biochemistry, microbiology, other branches of pathology as well as cardiology, respiratory medicine, and endocrinology. The Handbook provides relevant investigations with guidance on the clinical interpretation of the results. General medical trainees in internal medicine, junior hospital doctors and senior medical students as well as family doctors will find this Handbook to be an invaluable source of information.
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