Initiating Dialysis at the Right Time: Is the Evidence IDEAL?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-629

  Chaknos, C M ^a   Berns, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650322687     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2010.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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