Increasing gender difference in the incidence of chronic dialysis therapy in Japan

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 407-411

  Iseki, Kunitoshi ^a   Nakai, Shigeru ^b   Shinzato, Takahiro ^b   Nagura, Yuji ^c   Akiba, Takashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Scientific Academic Committee of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy   (Japan)

^c University Hospital of the Ryukyus ^*

Author keywords

Chronic dialysis; End stage renal disease; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645452840     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2005.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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