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Diarrhea in a post-renal transplant child: Answers

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  1. Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine (WARM)-Marshfield Clinic, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, USA

    Jasmine R. Wiley

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Marshfield Clinic / St Joseph’s Hospital, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Pushpa Shivaram

  3. Department of Pathology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Jeffrey M. Resnick

  4. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Daryl L. Fish & Roger W. Park

  5. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449, USA

    Robert M. Haws

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Wiley, J.R., Shivaram, P., Resnick, J.M. et al. Diarrhea in a post-renal transplant child: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 30, 591–593 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-013-2663-9

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