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KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 68, Issue -, Pages S7-S10Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.09801.x
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global burden of diseases; chronic kidney disease; epidemiology; renal replacement therapy
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The impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on the global burden of diseases is probably underestimated by current methods of evaluation. However, CKD are emerging as a major health problem. First, the costs of renal replacement therapy are excedingly high and are consuming a significant proportion of health care budgets of developed countries, while in developing countries are out of reach. Second, complex interaction are clearly emerging between chronic kidney, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
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