Survival on renal replacement therapy in Europe: Is there a 'centre effect'?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-307

  Khan, I H ^a,b,i   Campbell, M K ^c   Cantarovich, D ^d   Catto, G R D ^a,b   Delcroix, C ^d   Edward, N ^a,b   Fontenaille, Ch ^d   Fleming, L W ^a,b   Gerlag, P G G ^e,f   Van Hamersvelt, H W ^e,f   Henderson, I S ^a,b   Koene, R A P ^e,f   Papadimitriou, M ^g   Ritz, E ^h   Russell, I T ^c   Stier, E ^h   Tsakiris, D ^g   MacLeod, A M ^a,b  

^a Renal Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Polwarth Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre effect; Comorbidity; Renal replacement therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9044223281     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027257     Document Type: Article

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