Morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1728-1737

  Port, Friedrich K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028117754     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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