American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 444-453 , September 2008

Detection and Awareness of Moderate to Advanced CKD by Primary Care Practitioners: A Cross-sectional Study From Italy

  • Roberto Minutolo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Luca De Nicola, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • Giampiero Mazzaglia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Health Search Database, Florence, Italy
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  • Maurizio Postorino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and CNR, Reggio Calabria, Italy
    • ,
  • Claudio Cricelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Italian College of General Practitioners, Florence, Italy
    • ,
  • Lorenzo G. Mantovani, MSc, DSc

      Affiliations

    • CIRFF-Center of Pharmacoeconomics, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Conte, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • Bruno Cianciaruso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Bruno Cianciaruso, MD, Department of Nephrology, University Federico II of Naples, Via S Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy

Received 5 September 2007 ,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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PII: S0272-6386(08)00576-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.002

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 444-453 , September 2008

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