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Walaa Yehia Abdelzaher1, Nashwa Fathy Gamal El-Tahawy2, Abdel Hamid Sayed AboBakr Ali3

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61511 Minia, Egypt.

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Acute kidney injuryGentamicinRivastigmineα7nAChR

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