Assessment of a policy to reduce placement of prosthetic hemodialysis access

Kidney International

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2335-2345

  Gibson, Kathleen D ^a,b   Caps, Michael T ^a,b   Kohler, Ted R ^a,b   Hatsukami, Thomas S ^a,b   Gillen, Daniel L ^a,b   Aldassy, Margaret ^a,b   Sherrard, Donald J ^a,b   Stehman Breen, Catherine O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access patency; Autogenous condiuts; Dialysis access; Fistulas; Graft patency; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0035015682     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590062335.x     Document Type: Article

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