Survival advantage of peritoneal dialysis relative to hemodialysis in the early period of incident dialysis patients: a nationwide prospective propensity-matched study in Korea.

Survival advantage of peritoneal dialysis relative to hemodialysis in the early period of incident dialysis patients: a nationwide prospective propensity-matched study in Korea.

The impact of dialysis modality on survival is still somewhat controversial. Given possible differences in patients' characteristics and the cause and rate of death in different countries, the issue needs to be evaluated in Korean cohorts.A nationwide prospective observational cohort study (NCT...

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Main Authors: Ji-Young Choi, Hye Min Jang, Jongha Park, Yon Su Kim, Shin-Wook Kang, Chul Woo Yang, Nam-Ho Kim, Jang-Hee Cho, Sun-Hee Park, Chan-Duck Kim, Yong-Lim Kim, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease (CRC for ESRD) Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875495?pdf=render

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