A rare cause of oligoanuric kidney failure - a diagnosis not to miss: Answers.

Pediatr Nephrol

Divison of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA.

Published: September 2022

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