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Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease: why and how

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  1. S Yamazaki is an Associate Professor and Y Hayashino is a Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, S Fukuhara is a Professor, Kyoto, Japan.,

    Shunichi Fukuhara, Shin Yamazaki & Yasuaki Hayashino

  2. J Green is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,

    Joseph Green

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Fukuhara, S., Yamazaki, S., Hayashino, Y. et al. Measuring health-related quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease: why and how. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 352–353 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0510

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