Epidemiology and demographic aspects of treated end-stage renal disease in the elderly

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-83

  Krishnan, Murali ^a   Lok, Charmaine E ^a   Jassal, Sarbjit V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 0036513618     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139X.2002.00028.x     Document Type: Review

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