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		<title>Congratulations to Tom Parker, AAKP Medal of Excellence Winner for 2010</title>
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		<title>Vascular calcification score on plain radiographs of the feet as a predictor of peripheral arterial disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.</title>
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		<title>Kidney transplant success: Dr. Joseph Murray pioneered 55 years ago </title>
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		<title>Blood pressure in chronic kidney disease stage 5D-report from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes controversies conference.</title>
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		<title>FGF23-parathyroid interaction: implications in chronic kidney disease.</title>
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		<title>Steve Fadem's Letter to CMS Regarding ESRD Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule</title>
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		<title>Patients and Doctors Search the Web</title>
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		<title>Predicting Six-Month Mortality for Patients Who Are on Maintenance Hemodialysis.</title>
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		<title>Inflammation modifies the association of osteoprotegerin with mortality in chronic kidney disease.</title>
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		<title>Sevelamer and the bone-vascular axis in chronic kidney disease: bone turnover, inflammation, and calcification regulation.</title>
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		<title>Clinical relevance of FGF-23 in chronic kidney disease.</title>
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		<title>Changes in Hemoglobin Level Distribution in US Dialysis Patients From June 2006 to November 2008.</title>
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		<title>U.S. House votes to boost Medicare pay to doctors</title>
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		<title>Nearly Half of Dialysis Clinics Do Not Specify Hemoglobin Range </title>
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		<title>Medicare Rationing for Kidney Dialysis </title>
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