Blood Pressure and Mortality Risk in Patients Treated by Peritoneal Dialysis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-11

  Zager, Philip G ^a,b   Rohrscheib, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Dialysis Clinic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57649186712     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.036     Document Type: Editorial

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