Translational Research
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 157-163 , April 2010

Health-related quality of life in Hispanics with chronic kidney disease

  • Anna C. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Anna C. Porter, MD, Section of Nephrology (MC 793), University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 South Wood Street, Room 417W, Chicago, IL 60612
    • ,
  • Julio C. Vijil Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • Mark Unruh

      Affiliations

    • Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Claudia Lora

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • James P. Lash

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill

Received 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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 Anna Porter, MD, is a Research Renal Fellow, Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Her article is based on a presentation given at the Combined Annual Meeting of the Central Society for Clinical Research and Midwestern Section American Federation for Medical Research held in Chicago, Ill, April 2008.

 Supported by Grant K08DK079671-01 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1931-5244(09)00322-3

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.10.005

Translational Research
Volume 155, Issue 4 , Pages 157-163 , April 2010

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