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Is it time for a multi-specialty approach to cardio-renal dysfunction in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease?

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  1. Division of Critical Care, Department of Paediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Tanya Holt

  2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Guido Filler

  3. Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, and University of Western Ontario, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada

    Guido Filler

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Holt, T., Filler, G. Is it time for a multi-specialty approach to cardio-renal dysfunction in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease?. Pediatr Nephrol 33, 359–360 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-017-3805-2

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