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Chronic kidney disease rises while most people with the condition remain unaware
11-09-2007 · EurekAlert!A growing number of Americans have chronic kidney disease, but most remain unaware of it, hampering efforts to prevent irreversible kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published Nov. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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