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Note of caution for the use of sodium nitroprusside in neonatal hypertension

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  1. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Christian von Schnakenburg & Marcus Krüger

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von Schnakenburg, C., Krüger, M. Note of caution for the use of sodium nitroprusside in neonatal hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol 19, 1307 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-004-1557-2

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