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Captopril is not clinically useful in reducing the cystine load in cystinuria or cystinosis

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  1. Children's Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Malcolm Coulthard, Julian Richardson & Arnott Fleetwood

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Coulthard, M., Richardson, J. & Fleetwood, A. Captopril is not clinically useful in reducing the cystine load in cystinuria or cystinosis. Pediatr Nephrol 5, 98 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852860

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