Chronic kidney disease and the ageing population

Lancet. 2014 Apr 12;383(9925):1278-1279. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60155-0. Epub 2014 Mar 13.

Authors

Marcello Tonelli¹, Miguel Riella²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G 2C3, Canada. Electronic address: sophie@worldkidneyday.org.
² Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.

PMID: 24630776
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60155-0

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging / physiology*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Life Expectancy
Prevalence
Renal Dialysis
Risk Factors