Difference in stroke incidence between Korean and Japanese patients initiating dialysis--era or ethnic effect?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University College of Medicine Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: drryu@ewha.ac.kr.

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Hyunwook Kim et al. Int J Cardiol. 2016.

. 2016 Jan 1:202:942.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.168. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University College of Medicine Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: drryu@ewha.ac.kr.

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Risk of major cardiovascular events among incident dialysis patients: A Korean national population-based study.
Kim H, Kim KH, Ahn SV, Kang SW, Yoo TH, Ahn HS, Hann HJ, Lee S, Ryu JH, Yu M, Kim SJ, Kang DH, Choi KB, Ryu DR. Kim H, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 1;198:95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.120. Epub 2015 Jul 2. Int J Cardiol. 2015. PMID: 26159246
Risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis with special reference to stroke.
Kawada T. Kawada T. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 1;202:941. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.073. Epub 2015 Sep 25. Int J Cardiol. 2016. PMID: 26427544 No abstract available.