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How Are You Feeling?

The Symptoms of Uraemia

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In this chapter we explain:

  • How symptoms change as kidney function declines

  • How uraemia affects the nervous system

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  1. Department of Renal Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Hugh Rayner & Mark Thomas

  2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    David Milford

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Rayner, H., Thomas, M., Milford, D. (2016). How Are You Feeling?. In: Understanding Kidney Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23458-8_4

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