title: Letter to the editor.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, ravindrafernando@hotmail.co.uk.
authors.forename: Ravindra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernando
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*