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Letter to the Editor

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a short note on cases with renal failure problem

Beuy JoobSanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand, Correspondence[email protected]
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Viroj WiwanitkitHainan Medical University, China, ;Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia, ;Joseph Ayobabalola University
Pages 1749-1750 | Received 06 Oct 2015, Accepted 22 Nov 2015, Published online: 04 Jan 2016

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