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Prevalence and pathogenesis of hypokalemia in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis: One center's experience and review of the literature

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    Effie Tziviskou, Carlos Musso, Vincenzo Bellizzi, Mukesh Khandelwal, Tao Wang, Shokoufeh Savaj & Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos

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Tziviskou, E., Musso, C., Bellizzi, V. et al. Prevalence and pathogenesis of hypokalemia in patients on chronic peritoneal dialysis: One center's experience and review of the literature. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 429–434 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000022867.93739.03

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