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Obesity and access to kidney transplantation in patients starting dialysis: A prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Obesity has been linked to poor access to medical care. Although scientific evidence suggest that kidney transplantation improves survival and quality of life in obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), few data exist on the impact of obesity on access to kidney transplantatio...

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Autores principales: Lassalle, Mathilde, Fezeu, Léopold K., Couchoud, Cécile, Hannedouche, Thierry, Massy, Ziad A., Czernichow, Sébastien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28493926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176616