Attributable causes of chronic kidney disease in adults: a five-year retrospective study in a tertiary-care hospital in the northeast of the Malaysian Peninsula

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an escalating medical and socioeconomic problem worldwide. Information concerning the causes of CKD, which is a prerequisite for reducing the disease burden, is sparse in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the attributable causes...

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Main Authors: Salman, Muhammad (Author), Hayat Khan, Amer (Author), Adnan, Azreen Syazril (Author), Syed Sulaiman, Syed Azhar (Author), Hussain, Khalid (Author), Shehzadi, Naureen (Author), Jummaat, Fauziah (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina, 2015.
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