Should arteriovenous access flow undergo regular surveillance?

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-390

  Whittier, William L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 80051825834     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00926.x     Document Type: Note

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