Has the yearly increase in the renal replacement therapy population ended?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1367-1370

  Rosansky, Steven Jay ^a   Clark, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884345780     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013050458     Document Type: Review

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