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End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Audio (En español)

The most severe stage of kidney (renal) disease, at which point the kidneys are barely functioning, if at all. The treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is dialysis or a kidney transplant.

See Related Term(s):  Kidneys