An approach to treating older adults with chronic kidney disease

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology (Merchant), University Health Network, University of Toronto; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Ling), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. a.merchant@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Division of Nephrology (Merchant), University Health Network, University of Toronto; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Ling), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Review

Asad Ali Merchant et al. CMAJ. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;195(17):E612-E618.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221427.

¹ Division of Nephrology (Merchant), University Health Network, University of Toronto; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Ling), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. a.merchant@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Division of Nephrology (Merchant), University Health Network, University of Toronto; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Ling), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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