Physical examination of arteriovenous fistulae by a renal fellow: Does it compare favorably to an experienced interventionalist?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 557-560

  Leon, Carlos ^a   Asif, Arif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSELS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 57149127535     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2008.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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