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Comment
. 2019 Dec;30(12):2473-2474.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019090895. Epub 2019 Oct 24.

Think Twice before Postponing Chronic Dialysis in Children

Evgenia Preka  1 , Marjolein Bonthuis  2 , Jérôme Harambat  3 , Kitty J Jager  2
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Think Twice before Postponing Chronic Dialysis in Children

Evgenia Preka et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Dec.
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Keywords: eGFR and dialysis initiation; end-stage renal disease; pediatric dialysis.

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    Winnicki E, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Winnicki E, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Dec;30(12):2474. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019090968. Epub 2019 Oct 24. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019. PMID: 31649098 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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