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Editorial
. 2015 Jul;30(4):450-2.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.4.450. Epub 2015 Jun 29.

Hyponatremia in acute heart failure: a marker of poor condition or a mediator of poor outcome?

Myung Hwan Bae  1 , Shung Chull Chae  1
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Editorial

Hyponatremia in acute heart failure: a marker of poor condition or a mediator of poor outcome?

Myung Hwan Bae et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Jul.
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Conflict of interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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