Adequacy of dialysis: An inadequately applied concept

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Dorhout Mees, Evert J ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUID BALANCE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HYPERTENSION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM RETENTION;

EID: 8144230069     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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