Long-Term Survival of Patients with IgA Nephropathy After Dialysis Therapy

• Main Authors: Hiroyuki Komatsu (Author), Masao Kikuchi (Author), Hideto Nakagawa (Author), Akihiro Fukuda (Author), Takashi Iwakiri (Author), Tatsunori Toida (Author), Yuji Sato (Author), Kazuo Kitamura (Author), Shouichi Fujimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: How dialysis affects the survival of patients with biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is not fully understood. The present long-term cohort study quantifies the survival rates and incidence of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (CCVDs) among such patients in Japan. Methods: Fifty-two...