Finerenone - Halting Relative Hyperaldosteronism in Chronic Kidney Disease.

N Engl J Med

From Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, and the Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough (C.J.R.).

Published: December 2020

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