Accuracy of physical examination in the detection of arteriovenous fistula stenosis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1191-1194

  Asif, Arif ^a   Leon, Carlos ^a   Orozco Vargas, Luis Carlos ^a   Krishnamurthy, Gururaj ^a   Choi, Kenneth L ^a   Mercado, Carlos ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Thomas, Ian ^a   Salman, Loay ^a   Artikov, Shukhrat ^a   Bourgoignie, Jacques J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449102500     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.02400607     Document Type: Review

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