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Early prediction of acute kidney injury in children: known biomarkers but novel combination

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Funding

This study was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (81770710, 81470939 to Jian-Hua Mao), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LH14H050002, LY15H050001 to Jian-Hua Mao).

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Lin, Q., Mao, JH. Early prediction of acute kidney injury in children: known biomarkers but novel combination. World J Pediatr 14, 617–620 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-018-0180-4

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