The growing burden of end-stage renal disease in Egypt

Renal Failure

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-428

  Soliman, Amin Roshdy ^a   Fathy, Ahmed ^a   Roshd, Dalia ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; End stage renal disease; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859626411     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2011.649671     Document Type: Article

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