Prevalence of Renal Osteodystrophy in African Hemodialysis Patients
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Prevalence of Renal Osteodystrophy in African Hemodialysis Patients
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Disturbances in mineral and bone metabolism are common in patients with chronic kidney disease and it increases with progression of renal insufficiency. Renal osteodys-trophy (RoD) is a general term encompassing both high and low bone turnover forms of bone disease. The ov...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephro-Urology Monthly
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2251-7006,2251-7014
DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.9398