Open AccessTrends in the incidence of renal replacement therapy for end-stage renal disease in Europe, 1990-1999
Author(s) -
Bénédicte Stengel
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfg233
Subject(s) - medicine , renal replacement therapy , incidence (geometry) , end stage renal disease , epidemiology , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , hemodialysis , kidney disease , intensive care medicine , physics , optics , paleontology , biology
The epidemiology of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) varies considerably worldwide, but we have lacked reliable quantitative estimates of trends in the incidence by age, sex and cause in Europe over the last decade.
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