Kidney Function in Children With Chronic Liver Disease.

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr

Division of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.

Published: January 2019

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