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A big boy with proteinuria: answer

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  1. Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland

    Catherine Quinlan & Denis Gill

  2. Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland

    Tony Dorman

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Quinlan, C., Dorman, T. & Gill, D. A big boy with proteinuria: answer. Pediatr Nephrol 23, 2177–2178 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-008-0919-6

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