Higher rate and earlier peritonitis in Aboriginal patients compared to non-Aboriginal patients with end-stage renal failure maintained on peritoneal dialysis in Australia: analysis of ANZDATA.

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Published in Nephrology (Carlton) on April 01, 2005

Authors

Wai H Lim1, David W Johnson, Stephen P McDonald

Author Affiliations

1: Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. wai.lim@nwahs.sa.gov.au

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