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ISRN Oncology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 798239, 10 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/798239
Clinical Study
Assessment of Ondansetron-Associated Hypokalemia in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Alberta, 11405-87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada
Received 4 July 2012; Accepted 14 August 2012
Academic Editors: Z. Estrov and L. Mutti
Copyright © 2012 Elsa Fiedrich et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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