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The management of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in Nigeria

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  1. Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

    Emmanuel I. Agaba

  2. Renal Section (111C), Medicine Service, Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1501 San Pedro, SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA

    Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

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Agaba, E.I., Tzamaloukas, A.H. The management of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in Nigeria. Int Urol Nephrol 44, 653–654 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-011-0004-0

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