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Some questions about the transtubular potassium concentration gradient

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  1. Department of Paediatrics Hospital Infantil de Barcelona Vall d'Hebrón, autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Pedro Domínguez & Francisco Castelló

  2. Department of Paediatrics Hospital de Badalona Germans Trías i Pujol, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Guillem Pintos & Isabel Minguella

  3. Division of Paediatric Nephrology Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Infantil de Cruces and Basque University School of Medicine, Bilbao, Spain

    Juan Rodríguez-Soriano, Mercetles Ubetagoyena & Alfredo Vallo

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Domínguez, P., Castelló, F., Pintos, G. et al. Some questions about the transtubular potassium concentration gradient. Pediatr Nephrol 5, 94–95 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852856

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