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    Angelina Dixon & Eliza Blanchette

  2. Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Taryn Shea & Gina DeMasellis

  3. Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    George Sam Wang

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Dixon, A., Shea, T., Wang, G.S. et al. A toxic ingestion with an elevated osmolal gap: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 38, 399–401 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05618-x

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