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Introduction to the 2006 UK Renal Registry report (chapter 2)

David Ansell1, Es Will, Charlie Tomson

  • 1UK Renal Registry, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Rd, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. ansell@renalreg.com

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
|December 6, 2007
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