To the Editor: We thank Polkinghorne and Kerr1 for their editorial on the health care needs of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We write to highlight the burden of visual loss suffered by people with CKD and its effects on quality of life and mortality.
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- 1. Polkinghorne KR, Kerr PG. Taking a broader view of the health care needs of people with chronic kidney disease. Med J Aust 2022; 216: 137‐138. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/216/3/taking‐broader‐view‐health‐care‐needs‐people‐chronic‐kidney‐disease
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Heather Mack is on the Novartis Advisory Board for voretigene neparvovec‐rzyl in Australia.