The impact of dialysis therapy on older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a nationwide population-based study
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- 6 October 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Medicine
- Vol. 12 (1), 169
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0169-3
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