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Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia

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Hyponatremia is defined as serum or plasma [Na+] <135 mEq/L.

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  1. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rutgers New Jersey Medical, Newark, NJ, USA

    Alluru S. Reddi MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine, Chief)

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Reddi, A.S. (2018). Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia. In: Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60167-0_12

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