The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a primary care setting: a Swiss cross-sectional study.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often remains clinically silent and therefore undiagnosed until a progressed stage is reached. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of CKD in a primary care setting in Switzerland. A multicenter, cross-sectional study with randomly selected general practitioners was pe...

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Main Authors: Yuki Tomonaga, Lorenz Risch, Thomas D Szucs, Patrice M Ambühl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3700872?pdf=render