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Management of hyponatremia
Jennifer Ji Young Lee, Kajiru Kilonzo, Amy Nistico and Karen Yeates
CMAJ May 13, 2014 186 (8) E281-E286; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120887
Jennifer Ji Young Lee
School of Medicine (Lee, Nistico, Yeates) Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Kilonzo), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi Tanzania.
BHScKajiru Kilonzo
School of Medicine (Lee, Nistico, Yeates) Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Kilonzo), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi Tanzania.
MDAmy Nistico
School of Medicine (Lee, Nistico, Yeates) Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Kilonzo), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi Tanzania.
MDKaren Yeates
School of Medicine (Lee, Nistico, Yeates) Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Kilonzo), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi Tanzania.
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Management of hyponatremia
Jennifer Ji Young Lee, Kajiru Kilonzo, Amy Nistico, Karen Yeates
CMAJ May 2014, 186 (8) E281-E286; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120887
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