Corticosteroid therapy in encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
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Corticosteroid therapy in encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis.
Sir, Among the complications related to PD, the most serious and life-threatening one is encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), with a reported mortality rate of more than 60% within 4 months of diagnosis w1±3x. The poor prognosis of EPS has had a negative impact on the acceptance of PD as an adequate alternative dialysis therapy to HD. This trend has been especially prominent in Japan where...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2385,0931-0509
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.6.1304