Disease burden and risk profile in referred patients with moderate chronic kidney disease: composition of the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) cohort
Conclusions
Patients with moderate CKD under specialist care have a high disease burden. Improved diagnostic accuracy, rigorous management of risk factors and unravelling of the genetic predisposition may represent strategies for improving prognosis.
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Titze, S., Schmid, M., Kottgen, A., Busch, M., Floege, J., Wanner, C., Kronenberg, F., Eckardt, K.-U., for the GCKD study investigators, for the GCKD study investigators, Eckardt, Titze, Prokosch, Barthlein, Beck, Ganslandt, Gefeller, Schmid, Koster, Malz Tags: Chronic Kidney Disease Source Type: research
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