Beta-2-microglobulin as a uremic toxin: The Japanese experience

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2011, Pages 129-133

  Fujimori, Akira ^a  

^a Konan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; TOXIN;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UREMIA;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; UREMIA;

EID: 78249255837     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000321751     Document Type: Article

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