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Evolving importance of kidney disease: from subspecialty to global health burden.
Lancet (London, England) - 13 Jul 2013
Eckardt Kai-Uwe, Coresh Josef, Devuyst Olivier, Johnson Richard J, Köttgen Anna, Levey Andrew S, Levin Adeera
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In the past decade, kidney disease diagnosed with objective measures of kidney damage and function has been recognised as a major public health burden. The population prevalence of chronic kidney disease exceeds 10%, and is more than 50% in high-risk subpopulations. Independent of age, sex, ethnic group, and comorbidity, strong, graded, and consistent associations exist between clinical prognosis and two...
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