The Renal Tubulointerstitial Compartment: Site of Nephrotoxin-Induced Injury
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Mark A. Perazella Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

VA Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut

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