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Successful Treatment of Bilateral Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Uremic Patient without Nephrectomy

Chien-Yu Su Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lung-Chih Lee Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chien-Hao Lai Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yi-Hsi Wang Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yu-Kun Yang Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hwee-Yeong Ng Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wen-Chin Lee Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yu-Che Tsai Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Feng-Rong Chuang Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chien-Te Lee Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 167-170 | Received 27 Oct 2008, Accepted 27 Oct 2008, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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