Epidemiology and aetiology of dialysis-treated end-stage kidney disease in Libya

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alashek, Wiam A ^a,c   McIntyre, Christopher W ^a,b,c   Taal, Maarten W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Epidemiology; ESKD; Incidence; Libya; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC DISORDER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84861921036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-33     Document Type: Article

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