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Editorial
. 2015 Nov;26(11):2601-3.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2015060660. Epub 2015 Jul 24.

Meeting the World's Need for Maintenance Dialysis

James B Wetmore  1 , Allan J Collins  2
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Editorial

Meeting the World's Need for Maintenance Dialysis

James B Wetmore et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: ESRD; dialysis; world.

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  • Maintenance Dialysis throughout the World in Years 1990 and 2010.
    Thomas B, Wulf S, Bikbov B, Perico N, Cortinovis M, Courville de Vaccaro K, Flaxman A, Peterson H, Delossantos A, Haring D, Mehrotra R, Himmelfarb J, Remuzzi G, Murray C, Naghavi M. Thomas B, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Nov;26(11):2621-33. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014101017. Epub 2015 Jul 24. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015. PMID: 26209712 Free PMC article.

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