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Improving health literacy in disease prevention in glomerulonephritis

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  1. Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Academia Level 3, 20 College Road, Singapore, 169856, Singapore

    Cynthia Ciwei Lim & Jason C. J. Choo

  2. Nursing Division, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Zhihua Huang

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Lim, C.C., Huang, Z. & Choo, J.C.J. Improving health literacy in disease prevention in glomerulonephritis. Int Urol Nephrol 55, 221–223 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-022-03263-9

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