Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality
It has been previously reported that a higher erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) dose in hemodialysis patients is associated with adverse outcomes including mortality; however the causal relationship between ESA and mortality is still hotly debated. We hypothesize ESA dose indeed exhibits a dire...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Nephrology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6087134 |
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