The diffusion gradient between the ionized calcium concentration in the dialysate and in the blood is the main driving force of the net calcium mass balance during haemodialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1356-1357

  Basile, Carlo ^a   Libutti, Pasquale ^a   Lomonte, Carlo ^a  

^a MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

BLOOD; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSATE; DIFFUSION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

CALCIUM; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 77950275094     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp700     Document Type: Letter

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