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Comment
. 2014 Nov;64(5):817.
doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.06.033.

Decisions about dialysis and other life-sustaining treatments should not be made separately

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Decisions about dialysis and other life-sustaining treatments should not be made separately

Mi-Kyung Song et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Nov.
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