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Hyperchloremia and acute kidney injury: a spurious association or a worrisome reality?

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    Umberto Maggiore, Giovanni Maria Rossi & Enrico Fiaccadori

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Regolisti, G., Maggiore, U., Rossi, G.M. et al. Hyperchloremia and acute kidney injury: a spurious association or a worrisome reality?. Intern Emerg Med 15, 187–189 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02213-1

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