Despite the epidemic of cardiovascular disease among patients with end-stage renal disease, recent findings demonstrate that the pediatric community needs to make greater efforts to control the known modifiable risk factors.
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Mitsnefes, M., Feig, D. Uncontrolled hypertension in children on hemodialysis. Nat Rev Nephrol 6, 7–8 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2009.187
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