Special clinical problems in geriatric patients

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-120

  Winchester, James F ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RenalTech International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0036518540     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139X.2002.00036.x     Document Type: Review

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