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How should chronic kidney disease be defined and classified?

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The synopsis was written by Chloe Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Alan S Kliger

  2. Department of Medicine at the Hospital of St Raphael, New Haven, CT, USA

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Kliger, A. How should chronic kidney disease be defined and classified?. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 12–13 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0061

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