American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 566-573 , October 2007

Diagnostic Performance of Fractional Excretion of Urea and Fractional Excretion of Sodium in the Evaluations of Patients With Acute Kidney Injury With or Without Diuretic Treatment

Received 6 December 2006 ,Accepted 10 July 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.001 on August 27, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01029-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.001

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 566-573 , October 2007

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