Lung injury following acute kidney injury: kidney–lung crosstalk
✍ Scribed by Kent Doi; Tomoko Ishizu; Toshiro Fujita; Eisei Noiri
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1342-1751
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