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Comment
. 2021 Mar;99(3):770.
doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.11.024. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

On the need to better protect hemodialysis patients: a comment on "IMPact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the moRTAlity of kidney transplant recipients and candidates in a French Nationwide registry sTudy (IMPORTANT)"

Massimo Torreggiani  1 , Hafedh Fessi  2 , Giorgina Barbara Piccoli  3
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On the need to better protect hemodialysis patients: a comment on "IMPact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the moRTAlity of kidney transplant recipients and candidates in a French Nationwide registry sTudy (IMPORTANT)"

Massimo Torreggiani et al. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar.
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  • The authors reply.
    Thaunat O, Legeai C, Bastien O, Caillard S. Thaunat O, et al. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar;99(3):771-772. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.12.008. Epub 2021 Jan 11. Kidney Int. 2021. PMID: 33444543 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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