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Plasma bicarbonate and total carbon dioxide: terms to be employed with precision

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  1. Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA

    Todd S. Ing

  2. Department of Pathology, Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Larry Massie

  3. Research Service, Department of Medicine, Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

  4. Department of Medicine, George Washington University, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, #3-438, District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 20037, USA

    Susie Q. Lew

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Ing, T.S., Massie, L., Tzamaloukas, A.H. et al. Plasma bicarbonate and total carbon dioxide: terms to be employed with precision. Int Urol Nephrol 53, 1483–1484 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-020-02734-1

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