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Dialysis' Drawbacks Outweigh Benefits for Some Older Patients
Date:10/14/2009

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SOURCES: Manjula Kurella Tamura, M.D., assistant professor, nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Peter Aronson, M.D., C.N.H. Long professor of internal medicine, professor of cellular and molecular physiology, section of nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Oct. 15, 2009 New England Journal of Medicine


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