Renal disease in the elderly: Distinctive disorders, tailored treatments

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 44-57

  Ali, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 19244362496     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.12.126     Document Type: Article

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