White thrombus formation in blood tubing lines in a chronic hemodialysis unit

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 382-386

  Watnick, Suzanne ^a,b   Stooksbury, Michael ^a   Winter, Rolf ^a   Riscoe, Michael ^a   Cohen, David M ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 42549088585     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03540807     Document Type: Article

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