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Knowledge of physicians on chronic kidney disease and their attitudes towards referral, in two cities of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is frequently unrecognized by non-nephrology physicians. There is an ongoing governmental program to create hemodialysis centers in the ten regions of Cameroon, where a previous study reported high levels of late referral to nephrologists. We aimed to assess...

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Autores principales:	Choukem, Simeon-Pierre, Nchifor, Pennghan K., Halle, Marie-Patrice, Nebongo, Daniel N., Mboue-Djieka, Yannick, Kaze, François F., Monekosso, Gotlieb L.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26781039 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1845-5

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