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Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with normal renal function: iso-osmolar versus low-osmolar medium

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Section of Nephrology, MC 5100, University of Chicago Hospitals, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657, USA pmurray@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

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  1. P Murray is a Professor of Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care, and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Chicago, and an Attending Nephrologist and Director of the Acute Dialysis Unit at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,

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Murray, P. Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with normal renal function: iso-osmolar versus low-osmolar medium. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 306–307 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0490

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