Serum Potassium Levels and Its Variability in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Associations with Mortality

Qingdong Xu; Fenghua Xu; Li Fan; Liping Xiong; Huiyan Li; Shirong Cao; Xiaoyan Lin; Zhihua Zheng; Xueqing Yu; Haiping Mao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086750

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Serum Potassium Levels and Its Variability in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Associations with Mortality

Qingdong Xu,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Fenghua Xu,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Li Fan,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Liping Xiong,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Huiyan Li,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Shirong Cao,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaoyan Lin,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Zhihua Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Xueqing Yu,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Haiping Mao

* E-mail: haipingmao@126.com

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health of China, Guangzhou, China
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Serum Potassium Levels and Its Variability in Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Associations with Mortality

Qingdong Xu,
Fenghua Xu,
Li Fan,
Liping Xiong,
Huiyan Li,
Shirong Cao,
Xiaoyan Lin,
Zhihua Zheng,
Xueqing Yu,
Haiping Mao

Published: January 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086750

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