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When Kolff was struck by the fate of a young man dying of chronic nephritis in 1938 he set himself the goal of developing a dialysing apparatus which could tide a renal patient over a temporary decrease of renal function, or at least attain a temporary improvement.
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van Noordwijk, J. (2001). Has Kolff Reached his Goal?. In: Dialysing for Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0900-3_15
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