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Case Reports in Nephrology
Volume 2016, Article ID 1358625, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1358625
Case Report

Successful Pregnancy Using the NxStage Home Hemodialysis System

Yasmin Brahmbhatt,1 Arinze Ikeme,1 Navjyot Bhogal,1 and Vincenzo Berghella2

1Division of Nephrology, Thomas Jefferson University, 833 Chestnut Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, 833 Chestnut Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

Received 25 November 2015; Revised 9 January 2016; Accepted 12 January 2016

Academic Editor: Helmut H. Schiffl

Copyright © 2016 Yasmin Brahmbhatt et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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