Metabolic Acidosis as a Possible Cause of CKD: What Should Clinicians Do?

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Editorial

Csaba P Kovesdy. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;64(4):481-3.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.08.005.

¹ Memphis VA Medical Center and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Electronic address: csaba.kovesdy@va.gov.

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