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Reference Intervals for Anion Gap and Strong Ion Difference in Pregnancy: A Pilot Study

Ayub Akbari Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter Wilkes Department of Anesthesia, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Marshall Lindheimer Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Nathalie Lepage Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Guido Filler Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pages 111-119 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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