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The Gap between Estimated Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease and Use of Therapy

BACKGROUND: Relatively few data exist on the burden of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and use of renal replacement therapy (RRT)–a life-saving therapy–in developing regions. No study has quantified the proportion of patients who develop ESRD but are unable to access RRT. METHODS: We performed a comp...

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Autores principales: Anand, Shuchi, Bitton, Asaf, Gaziano, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24023651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072860