substitutive therapy


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al·lop·a·thy

(al-op'ă-thē),
Conventional or orthodox medical practice. Compare: homeopathy.
Synonym(s): heteropathy (2) , substitutive therapy
[allo- + G. pathos, suffering]

substitutive therapy

Treatment to overcome an inflammation of a specific character by exciting an acute nonspecific inflammation.
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There are many publications comparing hospitalisations between PD and HD, but there are few and small studies in this aspect between patients who started PD as a substitutive therapy and patients treated sequentially with haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis [54-56].
Peritoneal dialysis as a first versus second option after previous haemodialysis: a very long-term assessment

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