SCHOOL OF MED I CI NE
HANDBOOK
OF CLINICAL
MEDICINE
V O LUME 1
R C S I , U N I V E R S I T Y O F M E D I C I N E A N D H E A LT H S C I E N C E S
EDITORS IN CHIEF
Dr Síle Kelly and Dr Brian Creaner
3 rd E D I T I O N
,
,SCHOOL OF MED I CI NE
HANDBOOK
OF CLINICAL
MEDICINE
V OLUM E 1
, First published in Ireland in August 2020
This edition published in Ireland in July 2021
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