The Central American epidemic of CKD.

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Published in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol on October 25, 2012

Authors

Daniel E Weiner1, Michael D McClean, James S Kaufman, Daniel R Brooks

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. dweiner@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

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