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No apparent survival disadvantage of high peritoneal membrane transport status after transfer to hemodialysis

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boxed-textWiggins KJ et al. (2007) High membrane transport status on peritoneal dialysis is not associated with reduced survival following transfer to hemodialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 22: 3005–3012

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  1. R Selgas is Head of the Nephrology Department, MA Bajo is a Nephrology Consultant and G del Peso is a Nephrology Consultant at the Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,

    Rafael Selgas, M Auxiliadora Bajo & Gloria del Peso

  2. M-J Fernandez-Reyes is a Nephrology Consultant at the Hospital de Segovia, Segovia, Spain.,

    María-José Fernandez-Reyes

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R Selgas has received grant/research support from Baxter, Fresenius and Gambro, and speaking honoraria from Baxter and Fresenius, and has served as a consultant for Amgen. The other authors declared no competing interests.

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Selgas, R., Auxiliadora Bajo, M., del Peso, G. et al. No apparent survival disadvantage of high peritoneal membrane transport status after transfer to hemodialysis. Nat Rev Nephrol 4, 188–189 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0713

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