American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 181-191 , January 2010

Care of the Undocumented Immigrant in the United States With ESRD

  • G. Adam Campbell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
    • ,
  • Scott Sanoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Mitchell H. Rosner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, University of Virginia Health System, Division of Nephrology, Box 800133, Charlottesville, VA 22908

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.06.039 on September 27, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00989-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.06.039

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 181-191 , January 2010

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