Lost to follow-up: The bottleneck of early referral to renal units?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Piccoli, Giorgina Barbara ^a,b   Soragna, Giorgio ^a   Mezza, Elisabetta ^a   Putaggio, Stefania ^a   Motta, Daria ^a   Gai, Massimo ^a   Anania, Patrizia ^a   Fop, Fabrizio ^a   Bermond, Francesca ^a   Burdese, Manuel ^a   Vaggione, Silvia ^a   Malfi, Bernardo ^a   Jeantet, Alberto ^a   Segoloni, Giuseppe Paolo ^a   Piccoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney diseases; Drop outs; Early referral; Noncompliance; Outpatient care units

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AGED; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 9144271028     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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