The Achilles heel of mortality risk by dialysis modality is selection bias

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1398-1400

  Jaar, Bernard G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEPHROLOGY CENTER OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960945728     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2011060597     Document Type: Editorial

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