When Healing Hurts: Preventing Nephrotoxic Acute Kidney Injury in Children

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  • Telma Francisco Pedicatric Nephrology Unit, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, ULS São José; Centro Clínico Académico de Lisboa

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https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v34.i3.43383

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2025-09-30

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Francisco T. When Healing Hurts: Preventing Nephrotoxic Acute Kidney Injury in Children. BGMJ [Internet]. 2025 Sep. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 6];34(3):110-2. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/bgmj/article/view/43383

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