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First Cardio Kidney Diabetes (CKD) Global Consensus Conference held in Chicago, October 2007
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Title First Cardio Kidney Diabetes (CKD) Global Consensus Conference held in Chicago, October 2007
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/565170?src=rss
Description George L. Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago School of Medicine, summarizes key points from the first Cardio Kidney Diabetes (CKD) Global Consensus Conference, 2007.
Medscape Nephrology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Nov 14, 2007
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