Early Fistula Failure: Back to Basics

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 696-699

  Dember, Laura M ^a   Dixon, Bradley S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 35348871221     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.006     Document Type: Editorial

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