Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 348-353 , July 2008

Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury in Africa

  • Saraladevi Naicker, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCP, FCP(SA), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Saraladevi Naicker, Division of Nephrology, Johannesburg Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa.
    • ,
  • Omar Aboud, MBBS, MRCP, MD, FRCP, FRCPE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
    • ,
  • Mohamed Benghanem Gharbi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Ibn Rochd, Faculty of Medicine of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.

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doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.04.003

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 348-353 , July 2008

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