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Clinical Study

Placental growth factor and placental protein 13 in patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy, a worldwide disease

Vladisav StefanovicFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and ;Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, SerbiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rade CukuranovicFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and
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Zana DolicaninDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia
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Jovana CukuranovicFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and
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Slavica StojnevFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and
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Dragan BogdanovicDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia
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Milena RajicFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and
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Gordana KocicFaculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia and
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Pages 1145-1148 | Received 04 Feb 2015, Accepted 31 May 2015, Published online: 02 Jul 2015

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