Current technological approaches for a wearable artificial kidney

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-236

  Kim, Jeong Chul ^a   Ronco, Claudio ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; HUMAN;

HUMANS; KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79958175072     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000327335     Document Type: Article

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