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Assessment of Vascular Function in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
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Critical perfusion pressure for renal function in patients with bilateral atherosclerotic renal vascular disease

S C Textor, A C Novick, R C Tarazi

    Annals of Internal Medicine
    |March 1, 1985
    PubMed

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