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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among the high risk population in South-Western Ghana; a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a major global health problem. CKD is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus and hypertension and carries a risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and progression to end-stage kidney disease. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to use...

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Autores principales:	Ephraim, Richard KD, Biekpe, Sylvester, Sakyi, Samuel A., Adoba, Prince, Agbodjakey, Hope, Antoh, Enoch O.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26535132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40697-015-0076-3

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