Prognostic indicators of cardiovascular risk in renal disease
Although the annual mortality rate for end-stage renal disease is decreasing, likely due to an increase in kidney transplantation rate, the survival probability for end-stage renal disease patients from day one of dialysis has not changed, and is still poor with a five-year survival rate of approxim...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2011.00121/full |