Kidney Function, Kidney Replacement Therapy, and Mortality in Men and Women
Introduction: Women are more likely to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), compared with men, yet they are less likely to receive dialysis. Whether this sex disparity, which has predominantly been observed in nephrology-referred or CKD-specific cohorts so far, has a biological root cause remains uncl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-03-01
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Series: | Kidney International Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024921016144 |