Time to revisit the role of renal dietitian in the dialysis unit

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¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: alp.ikizler@vanderbilt.edu.
² Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.

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. 2014 Jan;24(1):58-60.

doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2013.10.006.

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: alp.ikizler@vanderbilt.edu.
² Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
⁴ Department of Nephrology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.

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