Frailty in dialysis-dependent patients with end-stage renal disease

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-79

  Kutner, Nancy G ^a   Zhang, Rebecca ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EXHAUSTION; FRAILTY; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SHORT FORM 36; WALKING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873652746     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.750     Document Type: Letter

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