American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1110 , June 2010

Reappraisal of the Impact of Race on Survival in Patients on Dialysis

  • Vardaman M. Buckalew Jr, MD
    • ,
  • Barry I. Freedman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Barry I. Freedman, MD, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1053

Received 7 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.10.062 on February 8, 2010.

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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1110 , June 2010

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