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Treating Hypertension in Patients with Elevated Serum Creatinine
Common Errors in Internal Medicine
Fed Pract. 2003 September;20(9):11
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Emil P. Lesho, DO, LTC, MC, USA, Szilvia V. Udvari-Nagy, MD, and Louise Saullo, CRTT
LTC Lesho is a first year infectious diseases fellow at the National Capital Consortium, Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC. Dr. Udvari-Nagy is a second year internal medicine resident at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston. Ms. Saullo is a medical administrative assistant at the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Hazleton, PA.
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