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Obese Patients May Wait Longer for Kidney Transplantation
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Title Obese Patients May Wait Longer for Kidney Transplantation
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567745?src=rss
Description A study suggests that both worse outcomes and financial disincentives to treat obese patients may result in their being passed over, often several times, for surgical treatment. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Family Medicine
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Date Dec 20, 2007
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