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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(12):3597-3598; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl687
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© The Author [2006]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

‘Vas-Peritonitis’—Stephen Vas: A Pioneer in CAPD Peritonitis, 1926–2006

Email: dgo@teleglobal.ca

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More than 20 years ago, Stephen and I attended a meeting of the International Society of Nephrology. After an evening event, we went to our hotel where, on entering the elevator, we were joined by two Japanese nephrologists and their spouses. As we were ascending, one of them looked discreetly at my badge, with no reaction; he then looked at Stephen's badge. It was like a ‘moment of discovery’ when he said to his colleague: ‘Vas-Peritonitis’.

This ‘elevator story’ reflects the impact that Stephen had on nephrologists around the globe with respect to the diagnosis and treatment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Dimitrios Oreopoulos

Professor of Medicine
Toronto Western Hospital
399 Bathurst St. Toronto
M5T 2S8, Canada


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