Peritoneal dialysis penetration in the United States: March toward the fringes?

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Mehrotra, Rajnish ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748422508     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080602600402     Document Type: Article

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