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Editorial
. 2022 Jan 27;3(1):3-4.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0007632021.

Kidney Disease Education Services: A Good Foundation, but More Is Needed!

Muhammad Saad Hafeez  1 , Theodore H Yuo
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Editorial

Kidney Disease Education Services: A Good Foundation, but More Is Needed!

Muhammad Saad Hafeez et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dialysis; education; kidney diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

T. Yuo reports consultancy agreements with Merit Medical, W.L. Gore and Associates, and Becton, Dickinson, and Company, and is a scientific advisor for Medtronic. The remaining author has nothing to disclose.

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