A 69-year-old man with progressive renal failure and the abrupt onset of dyspnea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 973-979

  Stanton, R C ^a,b   Nickeleit, V ^a,b   Mark, E J ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0030006235     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604113341508     Document Type: Article

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