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Weight Loss: A Tool to Reduce Proteinuria

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  1. Section of Nephrology and Hypertension, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70113, USA

    Zohreh Soltani & Efrain Reisin

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Soltani, Z., Reisin, E. Weight Loss: A Tool to Reduce Proteinuria. Curr Hypertens Rep 13, 96–98 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-010-0178-3

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