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40 year old woman, liver and kidney failure. dialysis every other day. denied liver transplant. how long to live?

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Dialysis effective?: You should be fine as long as dialysis is effective in correcting the symptoms of kidney and liver failures and no other complications

Answered 12/10/2020

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