Time of diagnosis of chronic renal failure and assessment of quality of life in haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2111-2116

  Sesso, R ^a   Yoshihiro, M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dialysis; Predialysis management; Quality of life; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030769694     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.10.2111     Document Type: Article

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