dialysis: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	kidney dialysis • hemodialysis • renal dialysis

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A patient's arm rests on a padded support with tubes inserted for dialysis, connected to a dialysis machine with visible blood lines and medical equipment.

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John Jacob Abel.

John Jacob Abel

American pharmacologist and physiological chemist