Parameters of prognostic relevance to the patency of vascular access in hemodialysis patients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1613-1618

  Prischl, Friedrich C ^a   Kirchgatterer, Andreas ^a   Brandstätter, Eduard ^b   Wallner, Manfred ^a   Baldinger, Christian ^a   Roithinger, Franz X ^a   Kramar, Reinhard ^a  

^a Third Department of Medicine   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Fistula function; Hemodialysis; Risk factor; Vascular access surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029550955     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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