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A difficult case of hyponatremic and hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis: Questions

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SLB and RF wrote the manuscript. TR, ML and MC examined the patient and made the diagnosis. MA and DT coordinated and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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La Bella, S., Fiorentino, R., Carabotta, M. et al. A difficult case of hyponatremic and hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol 37, 3063–3064 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05596-0

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