Evaluation of Dialyzer Jacket Structure and Hollow-Fiber Dialysis Membranes to Achieve High Dialysis Performance

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Hirano, Ayaka ^a   Yamamoto, Ken ichiro ^b   Matsuda, Masato ^a   Ogawa, Takehito ^a   Yakushiji, Taiji ^c   Miyasaka, Takehiro ^c   Sakai, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a Aoyama Gakuin University   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hemeji Dokkyo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clearance; Dialysis; Flow; Hollow fiber dialyzer; Membrane

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 79251537796     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2010.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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