The obesity paradox as it relates to survival and hypertension in dialysis patients [1]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1729-

  Salahudeen, Abdulla K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; OBESITY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33745992246     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl099     Document Type: Letter

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