Is encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis a threatening issue in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis? The Japanese experience

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Nakayama, Masaaki ^a   Ikeda, Masato ^a   Katoh, Naohiko ^a   Yokoyama, Keitaro ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyasu ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshindo ^a   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a   Mukai, Hideharu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis; EPS; Incidence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345874637     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080302302s27     Document Type: Article

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