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Spectrum (characteristics) of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with increasing age in a major metropolitan renal service

BACKGROUND: Aim of our study is to describe, in people with CKD, the demographic and clinical characteristics and outcomes with increasing age. The prevalence of CKD in Western populations, where longevity is the norm, is about 10–15%, but how age influence different characteristics of patients with...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Usman, Healy, Helen G., Kark, Adrian, Cameron, Anne, Wang, Zaimin, Abeysekera, Rajitha, Hoy, Wendy E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29282014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0781-5