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01-08-2014 | Letter to the Editors

Ezetimibe treatment should be considered for patients with sitosterolemia

Authors: Miao Hu, Brian Tomlinson

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 8/2014

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Title: Ezetimibe treatment should be considered for patients with sitosterolemia
Authors: Miao Hu
Brian Tomlinson
Publication date: 01-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 8/2014
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-014-2843-2

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