Initiation of dialysis is not delayed in whites with progressive renal failure

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Iofel, Yakov ^a   Dawood, Mohammed ^a   Valcourt, Jean S ^a   Ifudu, Onyekachi ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

HEMODIALYSIS;

DIALYSIS;

CREATININE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UREMIA;

EID: 0032170463     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199809000-00059     Document Type: Article

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