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Transplant may be better
than peritoneal dialysis .
Studies show people on peritoneal
dialysis feel somewhat less healthy
than people with a transplant.
Here’s what one study showed:
Transplant may be about
the same or better than
in-center hemodialysis.
Studies show some people on
hemodialysis feel just as healthy as
people with a transplant. Others on
hemodialysis feel a lot less healthy.
Here’s what one study showed:
Peritoneal dialysis and
in-center hemodialysis
may be about the same.
Studies show people on each treatment
feel just as healthy.
Here’s what one study showed:
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as healthy.
In one study, people with a transplant felt healthier than people
on peritoneal dialysis.
In one study, people on each treatment felt just as healthy.
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How Healthy people felt
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How Healthy people felt
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How Healthy people felt
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Peritoneal
Dialysis
Transplant
Transplant
In-center
Hemodialysis
In-center
Hemodialysis