Dialysis: Does daily haemodialysis reduce survival?

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-9

  Kliger, Alan S ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; SURVIVAL;

HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871622116     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.247     Document Type: Article

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