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Hypokalemia and hypertensive urgency in a 10-year-old boy: Answers

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    Ozlem Yuksel Aksoy & Funda Bastug

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

    Binnaz Celik

  3. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Salih Uytun

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Aksoy, O.Y., Bastug, F., Celik, B. et al. Hypokalemia and hypertensive urgency in a 10-year-old boy: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 36, 3629–3631 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-05072-1

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