Acute kidney injury in children in Nigeria

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-74

  Olowu, Wasiu A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Children; Dialysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX RATIO; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924556707     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP83S070     Document Type: Article

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