The Marmara earthquake: admission laboratory features of patients with nephrological problems


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SEVER M. Ş., Erek E., Vanholder R., Ozener C., Yavuz M., Ergin H., ...More

NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, vol.17, no.6, pp.1025-1031, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Abstract

Background. Earthquakes are major causes of morbidity and mortality. North-western Turkey was struck by a devastating earthquake in August 1999, which caused several thousand deaths. Among the most important morbid events in survivors were acute nephrological problems.