Renal medicine

Disorders of the kidney and related disturbances are being explored at the cellular and molecular level, and advances are moving apace.

Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050.

Correspondence: dtiller@med.usyd.edu.au

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