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Dialysis enrollment patterns in Guatemala: evidence of the chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes epidemic in Mesoamerica

BACKGROUND: In western Nicaragua and El Salvador, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent and generally affects young, male, agricultural (usually sugar cane) workers without the established CKD risk factors. It is yet unknown if the prevalence of this CKD of Non-Traditional causes (CKDnT)...

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Autores principales: Laux, Timothy S, Barnoya, Joaquin, Guerrero, Douglas R, Rothstein, Marcos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4406024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25881146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0049-x