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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The pharmacokinetics and extracorporeal removal of N-acetylcysteine during renal replacement therapies

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Pages 941-949 | Received 12 May 2015, Accepted 10 Sep 2015, Published online: 20 Oct 2015

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