American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 680-692, October 2009

The Burden of Amputation Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

  • Christian Combe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux; Unité INSERM U889; Université Bordeaux 2 Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
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  • Justin M. Albert, BA

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, MS

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Vittorio E. Andreucci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Universitá Federico II, Naples, Italy
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  • Alex Disney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia
    • ,
  • Shunichi Fukuhara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • David A. Goodkin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Brenda W. Gillespie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Akira Saito, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Michel Jadoul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Unit, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Received 18 November 2008; accepted 15 April 2009. published online 21 July 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.035 on July 21, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00771-9

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.035

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 680-692, October 2009

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