Kidney Disease: Three Studies At-a-Glance

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Highlighted: Chronic kidney disease and stroke risk, syphilis in ESRD patients, and how healthy diets may reduce CKD incidence.

In this slideshow, we bring you several highlights from recent research in kidney disease. Scroll through the slides below to find out more about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and stroke risk, syphilis incidence in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and implications for screening, and how healthy diets may reduce the global burden of CKD. 

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