Increased risk of infection associated with polyurethane dialysis grafts

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-620

  Maya, Ivan D ^a   Weatherspoon, Janice ^a   Young, Carlton J ^b   Barker, Jill ^c   Allon, Michael ^a,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 35948953619     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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