Gender- and age-related benefit of renal replacement therapy on health-related quality of life.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the healthrelated quality of life (HRQOL) of end-stage renal disease patients on renal replacement therapy with that of subjects of the same gender and similar age from the general population, in an attempt to determine patient subgroup that benefits...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 721 - 730 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2009
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