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Metabolic alkalosis with hypo-electrolytaemia or pseudo-Bartter syndrome as a presentation of cystic fibrosis in infancy. Discription of three cases

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cystic fibrosis

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    H. Escobar Castro, E. Medina, E. Kirchschläger, C. Camarero & L. Suarez

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Castro, H.E., Medina, E., Kirchschläger, E. et al. Metabolic alkalosis with hypo-electrolytaemia or pseudo-Bartter syndrome as a presentation of cystic fibrosis in infancy. Discription of three cases. Eur J Pediatr 154, 868–869 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959806

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