Protein-losing enteropathy induced by lanthanum carbonate in a dialysis patient
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Toseki Igakkai Zasshi
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1883-082X,1340-3451
DOI: 10.4009/jsdt.44.1163