Are better outcomes in hemodialysis in europe explained by superior ESRD care?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 345-348

  Ronco, Claudio ^a   Marcelli, Daniele ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Registro Lombardo Dialisi/T   (Italy)

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EID: 0001315039     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.1999.99059.x     Document Type: Article

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