The burden of kidney disease: Improving global outcomes

Garabed Eknoyan; Norbert Lameire; Rashad S. Barsoum; Kai‐Uwe Eckardt; Adeera Levin; Nathan W. Levin; Francesco Locatelli; Alison M. MacLeod; Raymond Vanholder; Rowan G. Walker; Haiyan Wang

doi:10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00894.x

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MedicineKidney diseaseIntensive care medicineBurden of diseaseDiseaseMEDLINEInternal medicinePolitical science

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Year: 2004
Type: review
Volume: 66
Issue: 4
Pages: 1310-1314
Citations: 519
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                                    Garabed Eknoyan, 
                                
                                    Norbert Lameire, 
                                
                                    Rashad S. Barsoum
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2004). 
                            The burden of kidney disease: Improving global outcomes. 
                            Kidney International
                            , 66
                            (4)
                            , 1310-1314.
                            https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00894.x
                        

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00894.x