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Earthquakes and pediatric nephrology: are we prepared?

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We express deepest sympathy to the victims and their families, respect and gratitude to the residents and volunteers who contributed and are still contributing substantially to the restoration of the functional social system of Haiti after the earthquake.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER and associated RML Hospital, New Delhi, India, 110001

    Sidharth Kumar Sethi

  2. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Timothy Bunchman

  3. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

    Rajendra N. Srivastava

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Sethi, S.K., Bunchman, T. & Srivastava, R.N. Earthquakes and pediatric nephrology: are we prepared?. Pediatr Nephrol 25, 2543–2544 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-010-1604-0

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