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Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemod...

Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemod...

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Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study of the Large National Dialysis Registry

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Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study of the Large National Dialysis Registry

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2016-06, Vol.11 (6), p.e0156951-e0156951

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Although dialysis is typically started in an effort to prolong survival, mortality is reportedly high in the first few months. However, it remains unclear whether this is true in Japanese patients who tend to have a better prognosis than other ethnicities, and if health conditions such as functional status (FS) at initiation of dialysis influence p...

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Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study of the Large National Dialysis Registry

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1794493754

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1794493754

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0156951

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