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Predicting outcomes of peritoneal-dialysis-associated peritonitis based on dialysate white blood cell count

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boxed-textChow KM et al. (2006) Predictive value of dialysate cell counts in peritonitis complicating peritoneal dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 1: 768–773

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Faber, M. Predicting outcomes of peritoneal-dialysis-associated peritonitis based on dialysate white blood cell count. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 14–15 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0360

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