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Cross country trip on artificial kidney shows patient freedom
A Spokane man with chronic nephritis uses two different artificial kidney systems to travel 2700 miles to Kentucky. The switch from West Coast Kolff to East Coast sandwich kidney enables a 12 day vacation without death, showing progress in portable dialysis care.
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Spokane
Wash
Kentucky
Ashland
Huntington
W. Va
Seattle
Willem J. Kolif
Cleveland Clinic
Chine
Kolff
Loren Gothberg
D. Sheffer Clark
Cabell-Huntington Hospital