Is Fluid Overload More Important than Diabetes in Renal Progression in Late Chronic Kidney Disease?

Yi-Chun Tsai; Jer-Chia Tsai; Yi-Wen Chiu; Hung-Tien Kuo; Szu-Chia Chen; Shang-Jyh Hwang; Tzu-Hui Chen; Mei-Chuan Kuo; Hung-Chun Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082566

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Is Fluid Overload More Important than Diabetes in Renal Progression in Late Chronic Kidney Disease?

Yi-Chun Tsai,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Jer-Chia Tsai,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yi-Wen Chiu,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hung-Tien Kuo,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Szu-Chia Chen,

Affiliations Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Shang-Jyh Hwang,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Tzu-Hui Chen,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Mei-Chuan Kuo ,

* E-mail: mechku@cc.kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Hung-Chun Chen

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Is Fluid Overload More Important than Diabetes in Renal Progression in Late Chronic Kidney Disease?

Yi-Chun Tsai,
Jer-Chia Tsai,
Yi-Wen Chiu,
Hung-Tien Kuo,
Szu-Chia Chen,
Shang-Jyh Hwang,
Tzu-Hui Chen,
Mei-Chuan Kuo,
Hung-Chun Chen

Published: December 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082566

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