The Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study (BRAZPD) : characterization of the cohort.

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Published in Kidney Int Suppl on April 01, 2008

Authors

N Fernandes1, M G Bastos, H V Cassi, N L Machado, J A Ribeiro, G Martins, O Mourão, K Bastos, S R Ferreira Filho, V M Lemos, M Abdo, M T I Vannuchi, A Mocelin, S L Bettoni, R V Valenzuela, M M Lima, S W Pinto, M C Riella, A R Qureshi, J C Divino Filho, R Pecoits-Filho, Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study

Author Affiliations

1: NIEPEN da Fundação IMEPEN e Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

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