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. 2020 Apr 16;1(5):416-419.
doi: 10.34067/KID.0000162020. eCollection 2020 May 28.

Global Dialysis Perspective: Japan

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Global Dialysis Perspective: Japan

Norio Hanafusa et al. Kidney360. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Dialysis; Japan; PTH; anemia; hemodiafiltration; hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis; reimbursement; survival; transplantation; vascular access.

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Conflict of interest statement

M. Fukagawa received grants and personal fees from Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. and personal fees from Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., and grants and personal fees from Ono Pharmacentical, outside the submitted work. N. Hanafusa received lecture fees from Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. and Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., outside the submitted work.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The trend of patients on prevalent dialysis by age. Reprinted from ref. , which is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.

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