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Approach to a Poisoned Patient: Fundamentals Nephrologists Need to Know

Mythri Shankar Mythri Shankar, MBBS, MD, DNB, is an assistant professor in the Department of Nephrology, Institute of Nephro Urology, Bengaluru, India, and program director of the Nephrology Education Collective.

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