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Safety and efficacy of sodium ferric gluconate complex in iron-deficient pediatric hemodialysis patients

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Chief of the Section of Nephrology at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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Kaskel, F. Safety and efficacy of sodium ferric gluconate complex in iron-deficient pediatric hemodialysis patients. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 244–245 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0155

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