American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages A45-A46 , October 2008

Quiz Page October 2008: Pain in the Buttock in a Dialysis Patient

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 Case provided and authorized by Sanjiv Prabhu, MD, Yiqing Chi, MD, Suman Setty, MD, PhD, and Gregorio Chejfec, MD, Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL.

 Support: None.

 Financial Disclosure: None.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01096-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.07.004

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages A45-A46 , October 2008

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