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N Meert is the recipient of a doctoral grant from the Special Research Fund (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds), Flanders. S Eloot is employed by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders (FWO–Vlaanderen).
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Vanholder, R., Meert, N., Van Biesen, W. et al. Why do patients on peritoneal dialysis have low blood levels of protein-bound solutes?. Nat Rev Nephrol 5, 130–131 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph1023
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