American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 143-153 , July 2009

Thirty-six Hippocratic Aphorisms of Nephrologic Interest

  • Athanasios Diamandopoulos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Department, St Andrew's State Hospital, Patras, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Athanasios Diamandopoulos, MD, PhD, Chorio Romanou, Patras, 26500, Greece
    • ,
  • Pavlos Goudas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Department, St Andrew's State Hospital, Patras, Greece
    • ,
  • Dimitrios Oreopoulos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.01.275

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 143-153 , July 2009

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