Status of research in vascular access for dialysis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3682-3686

  Kian, Kaveh ^a   Asif, Arif ^b  

^a Denver Nephrology   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Arteriovenous graft; Catheters; Haemodialysis; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGERY; VASCULAR ACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 79952197438     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq267     Document Type: Article

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