Morphologic abnormalities in the brain of chronically hemodialyzed patients without cerebrovascular disease

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-31

  Kamata, Tadashi ^b   Hishida, Akira ^c   Takita, Takako ^a   Sawada, Kei ^a   Ikegaya, Naoki ^c   Maruyama, Yukitaka ^a   Miyajima, Hiroaki ^c   Kaneko, Eizo ^c  

^a Maruyama Hospital   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Cerebral atrophy; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033956067     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013551     Document Type: Article

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