Author Topic: 'More dialysis not always better' headlines distort newly published findings  (Read 2704 times)

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3/26/2012

By Dori Schatell, MS

A new analysis of data from the Frequent Hemodialysis Network studies by Dr. Yoshio Hall is making the rounds
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