Arteriovenous Fistula Creation: Should US Nephrologists Get Involved?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1293-1300

  Asif, Arif ^a   Leclercq, Baudouin ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Bourgoignie, Jacques J ^a   Roth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345258072     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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