Design, theme and usefulness of investigations about dialysis complications in Perú, with special attention to cardiovascular calcifications and mortality

  • Carmen Esther Huaman-Quiquizola Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima
  • Lucía Jimena Salas-Lazo Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima
  • Shantall Dulin Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima
  • Eddy R. Segura Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima
Keywords: investigation, chronic kidney disease, renal dialysis, cardiovascular complications, vascular calcification

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Published
2015-01-01
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Huaman-Quiquizola CE, Salas-Lazo LJ, Dulin S, Segura ER. Design, theme and usefulness of investigations about dialysis complications in Perú, with special attention to cardiovascular calcifications and mortality. Rev Nefrol Dial Traspl. [Internet]. 2015Jan.1 [cited 2024Nov.22];35(1):53-8. Available from: http://revistarenal.org.ar/index.php/rndt/article/view/137
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