Prognostic efficacy of cardiac biomarkers for mortality in dialysis patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1444-0903,1445-5994
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01865.x