Haemodiafiltration, haemofiltration and haemodialysis for end-stage kidney disease

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Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Rabindranath, Kannaiyan S ^a   Strippoli, G F ^b   Daly, C ^b   Roderick, P J ^b   Wallace, S ^b   MacLeod, A M ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOFILTRATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDLINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749099834     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006258     Document Type: Review

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