Medullary sponge kidney: Causes and treatments

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 972-976

  Pritchard, Michael John ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causes; Medullary sponge kidney; Treatments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957718696     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.15.77693     Document Type: Article

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