Study shows that dialysis patients often have close family members also on dialysis
1st Nov 2005, 17:55 GMT
Nearly one-fourth of all dialysis patients have a close relative on dialysis, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and others, report in the current online edition of the American Journal of Nephrology. The researchers suggest screening other relatives for undetected kidney disease.
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