Study of the incidence of dialysis in São Paulo, the largest Brazilian city

OBJECTIVES: Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem worldwide. In Brazil, approximately 100,000 patients (January 2012) receive renal replacement therapy. Nevertheless, data on dialysis incidence in the Brazilian population are scarce. This study aims to analyze the incidence of pati...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carlos Cordeiro, Juan Jesús Carrero, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Ricardo Ferreira da Cunha, Bengt Lindholm, Isac de Castro, Irene Lourdes Noronha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2013-06-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000600760