The EQUAL study: A European study in chronic kidney disease stage 4 patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages

  Jager, K J ^a   Ocak, G ^b   Drechsler, C ^c   Caskey, F J ^d,e   Evans, M ^f   Postorino, M ^g   Dekker, F W ^b   Wanner, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Richard Bright Renal Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; NEPHROLOGIST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UREMIA; URINALYSIS;

COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868541183     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs277     Document Type: Review

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