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Dialysis versus conservative management of elderly patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

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boxed-textMurtagh FEM et al. (2007) Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years with chronic kidney disease stage 5. Nephrol Dial Transplant 22: 1955–1962

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