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Oral bicarbonate: renoprotective in CKD?

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Preliminary findings suggest that oral sodium bicarbonate administration could become a major addition to the armamentarium of renoprotective measures for individuals with chronic kidney disease.

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  1. C. P. Kovesdy csaba.kovesdy@va.gov

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Salem VA Medical Center, 1970 Roanoke Boulevard, Salem, 24153, VA, USA

    Csaba P. Kovesdy

  2. Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W. Carson Street, C-1 Annex, Box 406, Torrance, 90502-2064, CA, USA

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

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Kovesdy, C., Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Oral bicarbonate: renoprotective in CKD?. Nat Rev Nephrol 6, 15–17 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2009.204

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