An island of widows: the human face of Mesoamerican endemic nephropathy

 

The authors are second-year medical students who spent the previous summer at a nongovernmental organization in Nicaragua. As interns on the public health team, they evaluated barriers to peritoneal dialysis in an agricultural community experiencing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.

 

Authors: Laura M Krinsky and William J Levin

Reference: Kidney Int 86: 221-223; doi:10.1038/ki.2014.133

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  • Language:
    English
  • Contains Audio:
    Yes
  • Content Type:
    Articles
  • Source:
    KI
  • Year:
    2014
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