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Author reply to technical comment

Vol. 141 No. 1920 (2011)

Access and outcome in chronic haemodialysis: which one takes the lead - the first, the last or the one with longest lifespan?

  • Claudia Praehauser
  • Tobias Breidthardt
  • Michael Mayr
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2011.13188
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2011;141:w13188
Published
09.05.2011

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