Assessment of the efficacy of hemodialysis on uric acid clearance in a sub-Saharan African population at the end stage kidney disease
Abstract Background Uricemia dramatically rises with the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and correlates with its mortality. Hemodialysis (HD) being the most used treatment at the end stage in sub-Saharan Africa, we sought to evaluate its efficacy on the clearance of uric acid (UAc) when used a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-08-01
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Series: | BMC Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-02037-8 |