Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 249-252 , July 2005

Cranberry Use Among Pediatric Nephrology Patients

  • Elizabeth A. Super, BA

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH, Family and Community Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
    • ,
  • Charles Woods, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
    • ,
  • Shashi Nagaraj, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Received 22 October 2004 ,Accepted 6 March 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)60211-0

doi: 10.1367/A04-185R1.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 249-252 , July 2005

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