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. 1974 Dec;50(590):741–745. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.50.590.741

Pericarditis during chronic haemodialysis therapy

A G Mitchell
PMCID: PMC2496008  PMID: 4469042

Abstract

Pericardial disease in a haemodialysis unit has been reviewed. It is suggested that in addition to the well established uraemic pericarditis there is a pericarditis with a different clinical course occurring in patients on chronic haemodialysis and with an incidence in this series of 18%.

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