U.S. - Italy L-carnitine hemodialysis utilization survey

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 368-373

  De Felice, Stephen L ^a   Lyons, Patricia ^b   Gaffar, Maria C ^c   Sheridan, Michael J ^d  

^a SDF Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PharmHealth Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARNITINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030051665     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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