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  1. Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Charles Swanepoel & Majid Twahir

  2. Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Sarala Naicker

  3. Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Rafique Moosa

  4. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, South Africa

    Ivor Katz

  5. Dr Salma Suleiman Dialysis & Kidney Transplant Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

    Salma M. Suleiman

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  1. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Antwerp, Belgium

    Marc E. de Broe

  2. Department of Medicine, The Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    George A. Porter

  3. Northwest Renal Clinic, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

    William M. Bennett

  4. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Antwerp, Belgium

    Gert A. Verpooten

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Swanepoel, C., Naicker, S., Moosa, R., Katz, I., Suleiman, S.M., Twahir, M. (2003). Nephrotoxins in Africa. In: de Broe, M.E., Porter, G.A., Bennett, W.M., Verpooten, G.A. (eds) Clinical Nephrotoxins. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2586-6_31

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