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Frailty and dialysis initiation in the super-elderly

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    Teppei Koyama, Yohei Kita, Ryuichiro Makinouchi, Shinji Machida, Sayuri Shirai & Naohiko Imai

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Koyama, T., Kita, Y., Makinouchi, R. et al. Frailty and dialysis initiation in the super-elderly. Clin Exp Nephrol 28, 596–597 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-023-02453-8

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