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Affiliation
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612-2304, USA. alan.s.go@kp.org
Authors
Chertow GM, Fan D, Go AS, Hsu CY, McCulloch CE
Studies
Citation
Go AS, Chertow GM, Fan D, McCulloch CE, Hsu CY. Chronic kidney disease and the risks of death, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization. N Engl J Med 2004 Sep 23;351(13):1296-305.Abstract
End-stage renal disease substantially increases the risks of death, cardiovascular disease, and use of specialized health care, but the effects of less severe kidney dysfunction on these outcomes are less well defined.