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Effects of starting hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula or central venous catheter compared with peritoneal dialysis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although several studies have demonstrated early survival advantages with peritoneal dialysis (PD) over hemodialysis (HD), the reason for the excess mortality observed among incident HD patients remains to be established, to our knowledge. This study explores the relationship between mor...

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Autores principales: Coentrão, Luis, Santos-Araújo, Carla, Dias, Claudia, Neto, Ricardo, Pestana, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-88