‘Ideal Criteria’ for Starting Chronic Hemodialysis: Numbers, Symptoms or an Alerting ‘Traffic Light’ System
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'Ideal criteria' for starting chronic hemodialysis: numbers, symptoms or an alerting 'traffic light' system?
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephron Clinical Practice
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1660-2110
DOI: 10.1159/000334191