Alcohol use disorder tied to development of chronic kidney disease: A nationwide database analysis.

INTRODUCTION:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a spectrum of high risk behaviors including alcohol abuse and dependence. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is progressive loss of renal function for more or equal to 3 months or presence of any irreversible kidney damage. Common risk factors of CKD have been id...

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Main Authors: Chi-Syuan Pan, Teressa Reanne Ju, Chi Chan Lee, Yu-Pei Chen, Chung-Y Hsu, Dong-Zong Hung, Wei-Kung Chen, I-Kuan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6126842?pdf=render