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  1. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Keith K. Lau & Bettina H. Ault

  2. Children’s Foundation Research Center , Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

    Keith K. Lau & Bettina H. Ault

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, 50 North Dunlap, Room 301, WPT, Memphis, TN, 38103, USA

    Keith K. Lau

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Lau, K.K., Ault, B.H. A child with recurrent episodes of dark urine: answer. Pediatr Nephrol 21, 472–474 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-006-0008-7

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