Economic issues, referral patterns, and choice of treatment modality of end-stage renal disease in Europe

Complications of Dialysis

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 753-775

  Lameire, Norbert ^a   Van Biesen, Wim ^a   Wiedemann, Maria E ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Baxter Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

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