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Prognostic value of beta-2 microglobulin on mortality in chronic kidney disease patients: A systematic review and

Jialing Zhang1, Xiangxue Lu1, Yuan Zu1

  • 1Department of Blood Purification, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis : Official Peer-Reviewed Journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
|August 30, 2021
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CKDall-cause mortalitybeta-2 microglobulincardiovascular diseasesmeta-analysis

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