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Excessive Ingestion of Almond Milk Causes Severe Hypercalcemia and Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease

Ahmad Bouhuwaish, Elgassi Ehnisch, Ahmed Abdullah Husayn Arhaym, Muner M. B. Mohamed and Juan Carlos Q. Velez
Ochsner Journal March 2025, 25 (1) 64-66; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.24.0067
Ahmad Bouhuwaish
1University of Tobruk College of Human Medicine, Tobruk, Libya
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Elgassi Ehnisch
2Department of Orthopedics, MKK Auguste-Viktoria-Klinik, Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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Ahmed Abdullah Husayn Arhaym
1University of Tobruk College of Human Medicine, Tobruk, Libya
3Department of Internal Medicine, Tobruk Medical Center, Tobruk, Libya
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Muner M. B. Mohamed
4Department of Nephrology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
5The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Juan Carlos Q. Velez
4Department of Nephrology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
5The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Journal Mar 2025, 25 (1) 64-66; DOI: 10.31486/toj.24.0067
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