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Quality of life or health status in children with chronic kidney disease

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Maxwell, H., MacKinlay, D. & Watson, A.R. Quality of life or health status in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 25, 1191–1192 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1332-5

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