American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 41 , Pages 3-10 , June 2003

Meeting the challenges of the new K/DOQI guidelines

  • Garabed Eknoyan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Garabed Eknoyan, MD, Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

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☆ Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Watson Pharma, Inc.

PII: S0272-6386(03)00371-8

doi: 10.1016/S0272-6386(03)00371-8

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 41 , Pages 3-10 , June 2003

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