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A wearable artificial kidney: dream or reality?

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Victor Gura has declared association with Xcorporeal Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA as stock holder/director and patent holder/applicant. The other authors declared no competing interests.

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Ronco, C., Davenport, A. & Gura, V. A wearable artificial kidney: dream or reality?. Nat Rev Nephrol 4, 604–605 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0929

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