The profile of adult nephrology patients admitted to the renal unit of the universitas tertiary hospital in bloemfontein, South Africa from 1997 to 2006

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 820-824

  Van Rensburg, Barend Wilhelm Jansen ^a   Van Staden, Anna Maria ^a   Rossouw, Gerrit Jacobus ^a   Joubert, Georgina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disease; Kidney; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; URINE SEDIMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL AUDIT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77649194373     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp535     Document Type: Article

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