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Research Article| Volume 13, ISSUE 1, P149-156, March 1993

Perturbations in Potassium Balance

  • Latta Kay
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to: James C.M. Chan, MD, Nephrology Division, Children’s Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia, 1101 E. Marshall Street, Box 498, Sanger Hall, Room 12-024, Richmond, VA 23298-0498.
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    From the Nephrology Division, Children’s Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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  • Hisano Satoshi
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    From the Nephrology Division, Children’s Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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  • James C.M. Chan
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    From the Nephrology Division, Children’s Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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