The short- and long-term impact of multi-disciplinary clinics in addition to standard nephrology care on patient outcomes.

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Published in Nephrol Dial Transplant on December 07, 2004

Authors

Bryan M Curtis1, Pietro Ravani, F Malberti, Fiona Kennett, Paul A Taylor, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Adeera Levin

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Patient Research Center, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

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