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A Silent Threat: Perinatal Exposure to Nephrotoxins Linked With Risk of Hypertension and Kidney Diseases

Simran Aggarwal Simran Aggarwal, MD, and Jhanahan Sriranjan, MD, are third-year pediatric resident physicians, and Rahul Chanchlani, MD, MBBS, MS, FASN, is an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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