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Chronic kidney disease common in the United States
11-06-2007 · EurekAlert!According to a study lead by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, there is a high prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States, which has risen over the past decade. The overall prevalence of chronic kidney disease increased from 10 percent of the population during a period from 1988-1994 to 13 percent from 1999-2004.
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