Dyselectrolytemia in acute kidney injury causing tetany and quadriparesis
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Natural medicines causing acute kidney injury.
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4332