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Plasmodium Vivax and the Kidney: The Not-So-Benign Parasite

Sayali B. Thakare Sayali B. Thakare, MD, DM, DNB, is an assistant professor of nephrology with Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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