Alternate night nocturnal hemodialysis: The Australian experience

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-667

  Kerr, Peter G ^a   Agar, John W M ^b   Hawley, Carmel M ^c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83155192025     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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