Published in JAMA on February 06, 1981
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The incidence of treated end stage renal disease in the eastern United States: 1973-1979. Am J Public Health (1984) 1.62
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Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003: a retrospective analysis. BMC Nephrol (2008) 0.88
Cross-national differences in dialysis rates. Health Care Financ Rev (1983) 0.87
Patients, populations and policy: patient outcomes in chronic kidney disease. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc (2001) 0.78
Medicare's End Stage Renal Disease Program. Health Care Financ Rev (2000) 0.78
Factors affecting the availability and use of hemodialysis facilities. Health Care Financ Rev (1991) 0.77
End-stage renal disease in blacks: a national or international problem? J Natl Med Assoc (1984) 0.75
Mortality and illicit drug dependence among hemodialysis patients in the United States: a retrospective cohort analysis. BMC Nephrol (2016) 0.75
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Ability to Work among Patients with ESKD: Relevance of Quality Care Metrics. Healthcare (Basel) (2017) 0.75
A clinical trial of a chest-pain observation unit for patients with unstable angina. Chest Pain Evaluation in the Emergency Room (CHEER) Investigators. N Engl J Med (1998) 5.67
The quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease. N Engl J Med (1985) 5.10
Medical costs in community subjects with irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology (1995) 2.81
Relationship of C-reactive protein to risk of cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study and the Rural Health Promotion Project. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (1997) 2.76
Recombinant human erythropoietin in anemic patients with end-stage renal disease. Results of a phase III multicenter clinical trial. Ann Intern Med (1989) 2.43
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. Arch Dis Child (1998) 2.40
Problems in the identification of potential organ donors. Misconceptions and fallacies associated with donor cards. JAMA (1984) 2.25
Health care technology and the inevitability of resource allocation and rationing decisions. Part II. JAMA (1983) 2.23
Molecular structure of serum transferrin at 3.3-A resolution. Biochemistry (1988) 2.12
Clinical, microbial, and biochemical aspects of the exfoliative toxins causing staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome. Clin Microbiol Rev (1999) 2.06
Neuropsychological outcome of zidovudine (AZT) treatment of patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex. N Engl J Med (1988) 1.91
Studies of the binding of different iron donors to human serum transferrin and isolation of iron-binding fragments from the N- and C-terminal regions of the protein. Biochem J (1978) 1.82
Maternal diet and infantile colic in breast-fed infants. Lancet (1981) 1.76
Comparison of patient and technique survival in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and hemodialysis: a multicenter study. Perit Dial Int (1990) 1.70
Temporal patterns in overweight and obesity in Type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med (2010) 1.56
IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Agenda (IADR-GOHIRA(R)): a call to action. J Dent Res (2013) 1.53
Treatment of palatal myoclonus with sumatriptan. Mov Disord (1996) 1.48
Optimal timing of liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology (1998) 1.46
Health care technology and the inevitability of resource allocation and rationing decisions. Part I. JAMA (1983) 1.44
Protein fluorescence of nicotinamide nucleotide-dependent dehydrogenases. Biochem J (1972) 1.40
Public attitudes and behavior regarding organ donation. JAMA (1985) 1.40
The physician survey on the postconcussion and whiplash syndromes in Greece. Headache (2000) 1.39
Need for liver transplantation. Lancet (1995) 1.37
National registry of long-term dialysis patients. JAMA (1971) 1.35
Fatal intravascular consumption coagulopathy in meningococcal sepsis. Am J Med (1969) 1.34
Dialysate made from dry chemicals using citric acid increases dialysis dose. Am J Kidney Dis (2000) 1.31
The socioeconomics of organ transplantation. Transplant Proc (1985) 1.31
Structure-function relationship of antibacterial synthetic peptides homologous to a helical surface region on human lactoferrin against Escherichia coli serotype O111. Infect Immun (1998) 1.30
Comparison of mortality with home hemodialysis and center hemodialysis: a national study. Kidney Int (1996) 1.27
Choice of payment plan in the Medicare capitation demonstration. Med Care (1986) 1.25
Fasting serum triglycerides, free fatty acids, and malondialdehyde are increased in preeclampsia, are positively correlated, and decrease within 48 hours post partum. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1996) 1.23
The electrophoresis of transferrins in urea/polyacrylamide gels. Biochem J (1980) 1.23
Fracture and embolization of a Björk-Shiley disc. Fatal failure of a prosthetic mitral valve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1977) 1.22
Iron release from transferrin by pyoverdin and elastase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infect Immun (1994) 1.21
Cost-effectiveness of 6 and 12 months of interferon-alpha therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med (1997) 1.20
Receptor-mediated recognition and uptake of iron from human transferrin by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. Infect Immun (1998) 1.19
The prospective association between adiponectin and coronary artery disease among individuals with type 1 diabetes. The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Diabetologia (2004) 1.18
Antibacterial activity of peptides homologous to a loop region in human lactoferrin. FEBS Lett (1996) 1.16
Iron-binding fragments from the N-terminal and C-terminal regions of human lactoferrin. Biochem J (1978) 1.16
Antibodies to oxidized LDL and LDL-containing immune complexes as risk factors for coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus. Clin Immunol (1999) 1.14
Transferrin-binding protein B isolated from Neisseria meningitidis discriminates between apo and diferric human transferrin. Biochem J (1998) 1.14
The functional status of ESRD patients as measured by the Sickness Impact Profile. J Chronic Dis (1987) 1.14
Measurement variability of carotid atherosclerosis: real-time (B-mode) ultrasonography and angiography. Stroke (1988) 1.12
Cost-effectiveness of treating nicotine dependence: the Mayo Clinic experience. Mayo Clin Proc (1997) 1.12
Adiposity and mortality in type 1 diabetes. Int J Obes (Lond) (2009) 1.12
Donor availability as the primary determinant of the future of heart transplantation. JAMA (1986) 1.11
Home hemodialysis: six years' experience. N Engl J Med (1970) 1.09
The reliability of prehospital clinical evaluation for potential spinal injury is not affected by the mechanism of injury. Prehosp Emerg Care (1999) 1.09
X-ray solution scattering reveals conformational changes upon iron uptake in lactoferrin, serum and ovo-transferrins. J Mol Biol (1992) 1.07
Iron release from recombinant N-lobe and mutants of human transferrin. Biochemistry (1995) 1.07
Survival with dialysis and transplantation in patients with end-stage renal disease. N Engl J Med (1983) 1.05
Long-term total parenteral nutrition. The concept of an artificial gut. JAMA (1970) 1.04
A dissociation of positive staircase (Bowditch) from ouabain-induced positive inotropism. Circ Res (1974) 1.03
Identification, purification and characterization of a streptococcal protein antigen with a molecular weight of 3800. Immunology (1983) 1.03
Quality of life before and after liver transplantation for cholestatic liver disease. Hepatology (1999) 1.01
Plasma homocysteine concentration is increased in preeclampsia and is associated with evidence of endothelial activation. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1998) 1.01
Stimulant treatment for the neurobehavioural sequelae of traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj (1989) 1.01
Carbamazepine in pediatric psychiatry. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (1987) 1.00
Characterisation of the meningococcal transferrin binding protein complex by photon correlation spectroscopy. FEBS Lett (1997) 0.99
Domain preference in iron removal from human transferrin by the bacterial siderophores aerobactin and enterochelin. Eur J Biochem (1988) 0.99
Expression of recombinant human ceruloplasmin--an absolute requirement for splicing signals in the expression cassette. FEBS Lett (1997) 0.99
Multicenter validation study of real-time (B-mode) ultrasound, arteriography, and pathologic examination. J Vasc Surg (1987) 0.97
Calorimetric studies on the binding of iron and aluminium to the amino- and carboxyl-terminal fragments of hen ovotransferrin. FEBS Lett (1977) 0.96
Factors associated with work outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia (1997) 0.95
Metal-induced conformational changes in transferrins. J Mol Biol (1993) 0.95
Antibodies to oxidized LDL predict coronary artery disease in type 1 diabetes: a nested case-control study from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Diabetes (1999) 0.95
Work disability, functional limitations, and the health status of kidney transplantation recipients posttransplant. Clin Transpl (1991) 0.94
The United States Renal Data System's 1991 annual data report: an introduction. Am J Kidney Dis (1991) 0.94
Closed-loop control of SaO2 in the neonate. Biomed Instrum Technol (1992) 0.94
Site specificity of iron removal from transferrin by alpha-ketohydroxypyridine chelators. FEBS Lett (1985) 0.93
Differences in the protein fluorecence of the two iron(III)-binding sites of ovotransferrin. Biochem J (1975) 0.93
The nature of ligand-induced conformational change in transferrin in solution. An investigation using X-ray scattering, XAFS and site-directed mutants. J Mol Biol (1998) 0.93
Comparison between videotape and personal teaching as methods of communicating clinical skills to medical students. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1984) 0.92
The iron-binding properties of hen ovotransferrin. Biochem J (1978) 0.91
Automatic detection vs controlled search: a paper-and-pencil approach. Percept Mot Skills (1986) 0.91
Caries risk reduction in patients attending a caries management clinic. Aust Dent J (2008) 0.91
A variant of human transferrin with abnormal properties. Biochem J (1982) 0.91
The Monitor Practice Programme: is non-invasive management of dental caries in private practice effective? Aust Dent J (2008) 0.91
Diacyl, alkenyl, and alkyl ether phospholipids in ejaculated, in utero-, and in vitro-incubated porcine spermatozoa. J Lipid Res (1980) 0.90
A dynamic model of the meningococcal transferrin receptor. J Theor Biol (1999) 0.90
Serum lipids and their associations with viral levels and liver disease severity in a treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis C type 1-infected cohort. J Viral Hepat (2010) 0.90
Dialysis for endstage diabetic nephropathy. Proc Clin Dial Transplant Forum (1971) 0.89
The effects of adiponectin and leptin on changes in bone mineral density. Osteoporos Int (2011) 0.89
Expert opinion: the management of pseudotumor cerebri during pregnancy. Headache (2000) 0.89
Geographic location and indirect costs as a barrier to dental treatment: a patient perspective. Aust Dent J (2007) 0.89
Nerve conduction velocity in relationship to the severity of renal disease. Nephron (1968) 0.89
Cultured canine synovial cells solubilize 45Ca-labeled hydroxyapatite crystals. Arthritis Rheum (1984) 0.88
A helical region on human lactoferrin. Its role in antibacterial pathogenesis. Adv Exp Med Biol (1998) 0.88
Monolayers of sterols and phosphatidylcholines containing a 20-carbon chain. Chem Phys Lipids (1978) 0.88
The association of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with indicators of bone quality in men of Caucasian and African ancestry. Osteoporos Int (2010) 0.87
The economics of heart transplantation. Circulation (1987) 0.87
Homocysteine and cellular fibronectin are increased in preeclampsia, not transient hypertension of pregnancy. Hypertens Pregnancy (2001) 0.87
Caries, bitewings, and treatment decisions. Aust Dent J (2002) 0.87
Twelve years' experience of treatment of chronic renal failure. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs (1974) 0.87
Association analysis of 33 lipoprotein candidate genes in multi-generational families of African ancestry. J Lipid Res (2010) 0.87
Decreased transferrin and increased transferrin saturation in sera of women with preeclampsia: implications for oxidative stress. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1996) 0.86
Cost-effectiveness analysis of transplantation. Surg Clin North Am (1986) 0.86
Nuclear thyroid hormone receptor in the rat uterus. Endocrinology (1983) 0.86