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What is the difference between chronic renal failure and chronic renal insufficiency?
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Terminology: Many physicians including nephrologists will use the terms chronic renal failure, chronic renal insufficiency, and chronic kidney disease interchangeably. Some will use the term "insufficiency" when the chronicity or the severity of the renal disease is not clear but in most instances, they are synonymous.
Answered 4/6/2017
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