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. 2020 Apr 21;1(6):538-540.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0000882020. eCollection 2020 Jun 25.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Senegal

Abdou Niang  1 , Ahmed Tall Lemrabott  1
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Global Dialysis Perspective: Senegal

Abdou Niang et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: diabetic nephropathies; dialysis; hypertension; hypertensive nephropathy; kidney failure; nephritis; renal dialysis; renal replacement therapy; senegal; sub-Saharan Africa.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Distribution of dialysis centers across regions of Senegal. Functional dialysis centers are shown in blue and dialysis centers under construction are shown in orange.
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