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Practice Guideline
. 2014 Feb 4;186(2):112-7.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.130363.

Canadian Society of Nephrology 2014 clinical practice guideline for timing the initiation of chronic dialysis

Gihad E Nesrallah, Reem A Mustafa, William F Clark, Adam Bass, Lianne Barnieh, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Scott Klarenbach, Robert R Quinn, Swapnil Hiremath, Pietro Ravani, Manish M Sood, Louise M Moist; Canadian Society of Nephrology
Practice Guideline

Canadian Society of Nephrology 2014 clinical practice guideline for timing the initiation of chronic dialysis

Gihad E Nesrallah et al. CMAJ. .
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