Patient mortality in chronic dialysis: Comparisons between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-683

  Berkoben, Michael ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HUMANS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033399099     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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