Emergence of interventional nephrology in the Asia-Pacific region - A report from New Zealand

Open Urology and Nephrology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-13

  Ahmed, Naveed ^a   Ritchie, Angus G ^b   Lam Po Tang, Michael ^c   Vachharajani, Tushar J ^d  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheters; Dialysis; Dialysis access; Fistula; Hemodialysis; Interventional nephrology; Peritoneal dialysis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DIALYSIS CATHETER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SOUTH KOREA; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 84876089856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874303X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874303X01306010010     Document Type: Article

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