Impact of years of dialysis therapy on mortality risk and the characteristics of longer term dialysis survivors

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 533-538

  Okechukwu, Chike Nathan ^a   Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^a   Stack, Austin G ^a   Feng, Shibao ^a   Wolfe, Robert A ^a   Port, Friedrich K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis (HD); Mortality; United States renal data system (USRDS); Years on dialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036191451     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.31403     Document Type: Article

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