Reversible renal medullary hyperechogenicity in neonatal hypernatremic dehydration
β Scribed by Uma Sankari Ali; Kalpana Sengupta; Parmanand Andankar; Sandeep Saraf; Aashish Chawla; Shailendra Deshpande
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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