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Editorial
. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):1333-1334.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.05750516. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Nephrologists Versus Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Are the PICCs Winning?

Sean Kalloo  1 , Jay B Wish  2
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Editorial

Nephrologists Versus Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Are the PICCs Winning?

Sean Kalloo et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Catheterization; Central Venous; Peripheral; Physicians; chronic kidney disease; end stage kidney disease; hemodialysis; vascular access.

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