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Clinical factors associated with constipation in hemodialysis patients

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  1. Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, H. N. Medic Kitahiroshima, 5-6-1 Kyoeicho, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, 061-1113, Japan

    Ryota Ikee

  2. Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, H. N. Medic, Sapporo, Japan

    Takayuki Toyoyama & Nobuo Hashimoto

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, H. N. Medic, Sapporo, Japan

    Toko Endo

  4. Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, H. N. Medic Sapporo-Higashi, Sapporo, Japan

    Masataka Tsunoda

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Ikee, R., Toyoyama, T., Endo, T. et al. Clinical factors associated with constipation in hemodialysis patients. Int Urol Nephrol 48, 1741–1742 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-016-1363-3

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