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Megadose Vitamin C Prescription Through Alternative Medicine Leading to End-Stage Renal Disease: Case Study and Literature Review

Modern medicine has made tremendous advancements and succeeded in increasing longevity through adequate screening and diagnosis and various new therapeutic approaches. However, alternative medicine is a branch of health care practicing different traditional and unconventional, potentially hazardous...

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Main Authors:	Sasmit Roy MD (Author), Prabal Chourasia MD (Author), Vikram Sangani MD (Author), Praveen Kumar Errabelli MD (Author), Sumit S. Patel MD (Author), Sreedhar Adapa MD (Author)
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Published:	SAGE Publishing, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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