Late referral of end-stage renal failure

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 727-732

  Ellis, P A ^a   Reddy, V ^b   Bari, N ^b   Cairns, H S ^a,c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Dulwich Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031794747     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.11.727     Document Type: Article

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