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Comment
. 2016 Jul;31(7):1033-5.
doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv455. Epub 2016 Jan 31.

Competing risks: you only die once

David G Warnock  1
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Competing risks: you only die once

David G Warnock. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

The current study uses recent developments in competing risks methodologies that have not yet been applied to large scale meta-analyses.

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