AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MALES AND FEMALES TO END-STAGE REFLUX NEPHROPATHY

Authors
STEWART JH HODSON EM
Citation
Jh. Stewart et Em. Hodson, AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MALES AND FEMALES TO END-STAGE REFLUX NEPHROPATHY, Clinical nephrology, 43(3), 1995, pp. 165-168
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Clinical nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010430
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
165 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0430(1995)43:3<165:ADISOM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Age-specific rates for entry into Australian maintenance dialysis and transplantation programmes show that reflux nephropathy is equally com mon as a cause of end-stage renal failure in males and females from 5 to 24 years, and over 75 years of age, but between 35 and 64 pears ren al failure due to this disease is significantly more common in women t han men.