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The Kidney

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Over the past few decades the field of nephrology has gained increasing importance in the practice of medicine. At the present time it would be unlikely for any busy practicing family physician not to have several patients with acute or chronic renal disease. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important for the family physician to gain a strong foundation of knowledge and clinical expertise in this field.

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  1. Martin F. Stein Jr.
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Stein, M.F. (1983). The Kidney. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4002-8_61

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