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Renal reserve in the oldest old: calculation of concerns regarding creatinine clearance rate with cimetidine in the elderly

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Chao, CT. Renal reserve in the oldest old: calculation of concerns regarding creatinine clearance rate with cimetidine in the elderly. Int Urol Nephrol 43, 929–930 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-011-0006-y

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