Do patients referred late for peritoneal dialysis do badly?

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 630-632

  Fan, Stanley L S ^a   Marsh, Frank P ^a   Raftery, Martin J ^a   Yaqoob, Magdi M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036755665     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080202200519     Document Type: Article

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