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Original Article

Haematuria is a marker for the severity of acute kidney injury but does not associate with thrombocytopenia in acute Puumala hantavirus infection

Tuula K. OutinenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Paula MantulaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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Outi K. LaineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; ;Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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Ilkka PörstiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; ;Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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Antti VaheriDepartment of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandView further author information
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Satu M. MäkeläDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; ;Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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Jukka MustonenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; ;Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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Pages 840-846 | Received 29 May 2017, Accepted 12 Jul 2017, Published online: 01 Aug 2017

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