American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages A37-A39 , September 2008

Quiz Page September 2008: Progressive Paraplegia in a Long-term Hemodialysis Patient

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 Case provided and authored by Wanjun Ren, MD, Xiaoping Wang, MD, Bin Zhu, MD, and Zidong Liu, MD, PhD, Friendship Nephrology and Blood Purification Center, Jinan City Central Hospital, Shangdong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shangdong, People's Republic of China.

 Support: None.

 Financial Disclosure: None.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00056-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.12.029

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages A37-A39 , September 2008

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