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Can a 1-h peritoneal equilibration test accurately assess free water transport in peritoneal dialysis patients?

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boxed-textLa Milia V et al. (2005) Mini-peritoneal equilibration test: a simple and fast method to assess free water and small solute transport across the peritoneal membrane. Kidney Int 68: 840–846

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