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Volume 76, No 10
November (2) 2009

ISSN: 0085-2538
EISSN: 1523-1755

2008 impact factor 6.418*
3/57 Urology & Nephrology

Editor-in-Chief:
Qais Al-Awqati

*2008 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

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Nephrology Featured Article

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Why do patients on peritoneal dialysis have low blood levels of protein-bound solutes?

Raymond Vanholder, Natalie Meert, Wim Van Biesen, Timothy Meyer, Thomas Hostetter, Annemieke Dhondt and Sunny Eloot

Hemodialysis seems to clear protein-bound solutes more efficiently than peritoneal dialysis; however, the circulating levels of these solutes are lower in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Vanholder et al. consider possible explanations for this discrepancy.

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