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The early biomarker of acute kidney injury: in search of the Holy Grail

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, St-Pierre Para-University Hospital, 9, Avenue Reina Fabiola, 1340, Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

    Patrick M. Honore

  2. Intensive Care Unit, Haut-Leveque University Hospital, University of Bordeaux II, Pessac, France

    Olivier Joannes-Boyau

  3. Department of Intensive Care and Nephrology, Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands

    Willem Boer

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Honore, P.M., Joannes-Boyau, O. & Boer, W. The early biomarker of acute kidney injury: in search of the Holy Grail . Intensive Care Med 33, 1866–1868 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0766-0

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