Burden of chronic kidney disease: North Africa

Kidney International Supplements

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-166

  Barsoum, Rashad S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CKC burden; CKD screening; developing world; glomerulonephritis; tropical nephrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007151722     PISSN: 21571724     EISSN: 21571716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/kisup.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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